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UN health agency urges greater government action against non-communicable diseases

UN health agency urges greater government action against non-communicable diseases

Jan 20, 2015, at 02:19 pm

New York, Jan 20 (IBNS) The international community has an opportunity to reverse the global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and prevent the grim annual toll of 16 million people who die of heart and lung diseases, strokes, cancer and diabetes before the age of 70, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Monday.