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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.
(Photo credit: World Diabetes Foundation)
Opinions and Analysis
Adopt TB approach to tackle chronic diseases
Non-communicable disease treatment has a lot to learn from tuberculosis control programmes, say Anthony D. Harries and colleagues.
Ignoring hypertensive disease a travesty
Hypertensive disease kills large numbers in developing countries, but efforts to tackle it are lacking, say Stephen MacMahon and colleagues.
West should eradicate slave trade disease legacy
9 November 2007
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Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
News and Features
Sickle cell drug mired in controversy
Production of a herbal-based sickle cell anaemia drug could be under threat as the companies involved are surrounded by allegations of corruption.
Lack of cervical cancer screening 'putting women at risk'
Women in developing countries are not regularly screened for cervical cancer, putting them at greater risk from the disease, finds a study.
Peru creates serum to treat snakebites
24 June 2008
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