Addressing the growing burden of non–communicable disease by leveraging lessons from infectious disease management

Addressing the growing burden of non–communicable disease by leveraging lessons from infectious disease management

Despite advances in decreasing morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diseases and poor maternal– and child–health low– and middle–income countries now face an additional burden with the inexorable rise of non–communicable diseases.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peter Piot 1, Aya Caldwell 2, Peter Lamptey 3, Moffat Nyrirenda 4, Sunil Mehra 5, Kathy Cahill 6, Ann Aerts 7
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Global Health Society 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Global Health
Subjects:
NCDs
lessons
infectious diseases
Online Access:http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201601/jogh-06-010304.pdf
Description
Summary:Despite advances in decreasing morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diseases and poor maternal– and child–health low– and middle–income countries now face an additional burden with the inexorable rise of non–communicable diseases.
ISSN:2047-2978
2047-2986

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