Cardiometabolic and other non-communicable diseases — heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancers, chronic respiratory disease — are the leading cause of death worldwide, killing roughly 43 million people a year, increasingly concentrated in low- and middle-income countries with weak chronic-care systems.
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Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, killing tens of millions each year and increasingly concentrated in low- and middle-income countries with weak chronic-care systems. This founding report quantifies the burden, distinguishes it from infectious global health, and prioritizes the proven, cost-effective 'best buys' that remain badly underfunded in the places that need them most.
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