Cambridge University hosted a conference earlier this year to discuss issues which arose after the UN summit on Noncommunicable diseases and mental health management in developing countries.
NCDs Science
Storify: The post-UN summit conference on noncommunicable diseasesBy Jinan Harb7 February 2012 |
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Post-war health vulnerable to commercial exploitationBy Jinan Harb5 January 2012 The war may be over, but new challenges await post-conflict countries in the shape of killer diseases. |
Cost of medicines a killer in developing countriesBy Daryl Ilbury21 December 2011 Millions of people, writes Daryl Ilbury, are locked in poverty - and many others die - because of the unnecessarily high cost of medicines. |
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Diabetes in the developing world going untreated, despite available drugs
By Alice Lighton16 February 2012
Despite the image of diabetes as an affliction of fat Western people, eighty per cent of deaths from the disease are in low- and middle-income countries.