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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.

(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.

17 June 2008 | EN | 中文
Source: PLoS Medicine

Blood pressure reading 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.

7 May 2008 | EN | 中文
Source: The Lancet

West should eradicate slave trade disease legacy

9 November 2007 | EN | 中文
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.

30 June 2008 | EN | FR

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.

24 June 2008 | EN | 中文