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Can Tobacco Excise Taxes Be a Boon for NCD Financing?
Governments need to put more effort in implementing one of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s proven measures to reduce demand and deaths from tobacco use — levying high taxes on tobacco products.
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Integrating NCDs Into Post-2015 Agenda: A shared value approach to addressing non-communicable diseases in Africa
Non-communicable diseases account for two out of three deaths and half of all disability worldwide, with cardiovascular disease specifically killing more Africans over age 30 than any other condition. Despite this growing threat, the resources devoted to curbing NCDs are woefully insufficient to the challenge.
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Surgical Intervention: How to Improve Access to Surgical Care in the Developing World
Access to surgical and anaesthetic care is an essential, but often forgotten, component of health care in the developing world.
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NCDs Threatening Health Insurance: Innovations, partnerships offer ways to mitigate the impact
Non-communicable diseases have become the leading cause of death and disability worldwide?, carrying immense implications for insurance programs. However, ?there are opportunities? for public and private insurers to create and expand disease detection and management systems to mitigate the incidence and effect of NCDs.
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The Future of Chronic Diseases Through the Eyes of Youth
Young people make up nearly half of the world’s population. And even though global health policy-making impacts them — think vaccinations, reproductive health or preventative care — young people far too often don’t have a say in that process.
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Silent Killer Gaining Momentum in Africa: Partnership designed to address hypertension, cardiovascular disease head-on
Healthy Heart Africa, a public-private partnership launched by AstraZeneca in 2014, is working to tackle hypertension and the burden of cardiovascular disease, which is now the second leading overall cause of death in Africa after infectious diseases.
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WHO: Millions Die Prematurely From Non-Communicable Diseases
The World Health Organization (WHO) said 16 million people under the age of 70 are dying prematurely every year from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). A new report is calling for action to reduce these largely preventable deaths.
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We can’t hope to solve global ills without action against poverty
Poverty is still one of the driving forces behind ill health, a lack of access to healthcare and medicines and consistent underdevelopment.
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