Non-Communicable Diseases

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Tackling Air Pollution Starts at Home

Rapidly developing countries critically need clean household energy  

Diabetes, Hypertension, and Heart Disease Don’t Stop for War

During humanitarian crises, chronic diseases become more complicated

Poverty

A Lifelong Struggle With Sickle Cell Disease

The most common inherited disease worldwide is often ignored by health-care providers and policymakers

Governance

Noncommunicable Diseases and Foreign Policy on Global Health

The pandemic and climate change will deepen foreign policy disinterest in NCDs

Governance

Antibiotic Resistance is a Smoldering Crisis

More than 1.2 million people across the globe died of antibiotic resistant superbugs in 2019

Aging

Putting Vision Loss and Aging into Focus

Addressing high blood sugar can reduce vision loss in older adults

Poverty

Kenya's Greatest Sickle Cell Disease Advocate

Lea Kilenga Masamo is destigmatizing a rare genetic condition to improve care for forgotten patients

Governance

Tackling the World’s Most Vexing Diseases Through Data

A call to re-shape the way policymakers make health decisions by getting the most cost-effective priorities straight

Governance

Expanding Health-Care Access in Times of Coronavirus

Health and wellness centers have expanded access to primary health-care services in Punjab, India—even in the pandemic

Aging

The Growing Cancer Threat in Africa

Cancer mortality is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa, where the needed health care infrastructure is still lacking