Health is rarely the topic of discussion at the UN general assembly. But starting September 19, the UN began a high-level meeting to debate a strategy to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
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'Lifestyle' diseases spur UN to act
Health is rarely the topic of discussion at the UN general assembly. But starting September 19, the UN began a high-level meeting to debate a strategy to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This is the second time that the world body is calling a meeting on health. More than a decade ago, the adverse economic impact of HIV/AIDS galvanised it to find ways to fund, prevent and treat the killer disease. The current meeting will focus on four non-communicable diseases—cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung diseases and diabetes. These are now health problems of similar proportions |
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| Jyotsna Govil |
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Pankaj Chaturvedi |
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| Honorary additional secretary, Indian Cancer Society |
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Associate Professor, head and neck department, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai |
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| Monika Arora |
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Arun Gupta |
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| Head, tobacco control and health promotion, Public Health Foundation of India |
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Convener, Alliance Against Conflict of Interest (AACI), Member, Prime Minister's Council on India's Nutrition Challenges |
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| Leena Menghaney |
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Sandeep P. Kishore |
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| MSF - Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines |
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Medical Scientist Training Program Fellow Weill Cornell / The Rockefeller University / Sloan-Kettering Institute |
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World Statistics NCD
Low and middle income group countries are more at risk of NCDs. Lack of access to treatment is a problem here.Developed countries too are are at risk but at least they have options. A round up of disease prevalence and risk factors:
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The environment we live in make us susceptible to many of the non-communicable diseases. These include air pollution, toxins and diet. Down To Earth has regularly reported on these issues through the years. Some selected articles: |
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