When heads of state and health ministers gather in New York next week for the first United Nations (UN) high-level summit on non-communicable disease (NCD), they will be presented with some jaw-dropping statistics. According to UN reports released before the meeting, NCDs such as cardiovascular disease and cancer killed 36 million people in 2008, accounting for 63% of all deaths.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/un-targets-top-killers
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/declan-butler
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/non-communicable-diseases
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-policy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heart-diseases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cancer
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
