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Chronic illnesses: UN stands up to stop 41 million avoidable deaths per year

Sep 28, 2018, at 08:47 am

New York, Sept 28 (IBNS): “Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic Lyme disease, depression” – just some of the illnesses outlined by World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, who drove home the danger by asking delegates to stand up, when they heard the name of an illness that had killed someone they loved: One by one, every single person in the room, got to their feet.