NCDs a development issue in poorest countries

摘要

Non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular and chronic respiratory illnesses, diabetes, and cancer are imposing a much greater burden on the poorest countries than on richer economies and must be tackled as a development issue, United Nations health experts warned recently.'It's not like we have to wait for these countries to develop their economy, then start to suffer from non-communicable diseases/UN World Health Organization (WHO) Coordinator of Health Promotion Gauden Galea told a news briefing in New York.