Tackling NCDs: a different approach is needed
Diana Gosálvez Prados
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The NCD Alliance aims to put non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on the global agenda to address the NCD crisis. Improving outcomes in morbidity and mortality by 2015 will clearly depend to a large extent on tackling the burden of NCDs, especially in developing countries.
De Maeseneer J, Roberts RG, Demarzo M, Heath I, Sewankambo N, Kidd MR, van Weel C, Egilman D, Boelen C, Willems S. Tackling NCDs: a different approach is needed. The Lancet. 2011; 6736(11): 61135-5: Availalble at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2811%2961135-5/fulltext
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9/09/2011
he worldwide attention to NCDs is timely, but the NCD Alliance seems to offer a conflicted strategy. On the one hand, a vertical and disease-oriented approach is recommended, such as developing a multidrug combination for people ...
De Maeseneer J, Roberts RG, Demarzo M, Heath I, Sewankambo N, Kidd MR, van Weel C, Egilman D, Boelen C, Willems S.
