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Chronic diseases — such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease — are now the biggest health threat facing the developing world; more research and stronger health policies will be vital to tackling this crisis.
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Opinions and Analysis
Tropical-chronic diseases link 'could inform health policy'
Understanding how neglected tropical diseases affect chronic diseases can help inform health policies, say Peter Hotez and Abdallah Daar.
19 November 2008
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Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Africa ill-equipped for fight against cancer
African governments are ill-prepared to address the continent's growing cancer burden, warn Hany Besadaand and Vadim Ermakov.
11 September 2008
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Source: Business Daily Africa
News and Features
Arsenic: when will the clean water start flowing?
Many new technologies have promised to remove arsenic from drinking water but little has changed on the ground, finds T. V. Padma.
24 November 2009
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Megacities must tie clean air goals to carbon cuts, say experts
Densely populated cities must use their financial clout to combine the fight for clean air with reducing carbon emissions, scientists say.
Addressing poverty to reduce chronic diseases
9 November 2009
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Source: The Lancet
Indian arsenic clean-up 'working well'
16 October 2009
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Information Services
Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
