Monday, January 24, 2011

Chronic diseases and development

From:

Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia 



Chronic diseases and development

The Lancet - Website: http://bit.ly/fvLopJ

“……..In September 2011, the UN will hold its first High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on chronic non-communicable diseases. The Lancet’s Series of papers is a contribution to preparations for the September meeting.
These papers cover a range of diseases – cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer, and chronic obstructive respiratory diseases – and present strategies for substantial health gains, monitoring, and scaling up of interventions. We also highlight earlier LancetSeries and provide links through to all of the relevant content. …’

Series Comment

Chronic diseases: global action must match global evidence
Robert Beaglehole, Richard Horton
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