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Despite the growing burden of non-infectious diseases such as cardiovascular disease or cancer in developing countries, they continue to receive little attention from local governments or international aid agencies.
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Opinions and Analysis
Invest in health systems for a balanced approach
Funding for programmes that target major diseases should be matched by investment in the health systems that underpin them, says Ghana's Irene Akua Agyepong.
3 April 2013
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Global treaty would improve access to health
A binding international convention would facilitate a move towards more equitable access to R&D in health, according to Suerie Moon and colleagues.
Biomed Analysis: Don't overlook the ageing 'epidemic'
20 October 2011
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News and Features
Call for action on Latin American cancer burden
Urgent action is needed to head off a cancer epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, warns an international group of specialists.
Synthetic vaccine may help tackle foot-and-mouth disease
An artificial vaccine could be modified to use against problematic forms of foot-and-mouth disease that hit subsistence farmers.
10 April 2013
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mHealth 'could save a million African lives by 2017'
10 April 2013
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