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Health: Non-infectious diseases

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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

Malaria programme in Kenya 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 | EN

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.

23 May 2012 | EN | ES
Source: PLoS Medicine


News and Features

Brazilian clini 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.

14 May 2013 | EN | ES

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 | EN