https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1107772
This WHO report "Saving lives, spending less: the case for investing in noncommunicable diseases" resonates. [*see note below]
HIFA profile: Richard Fitton is a retired family doctor - GP, British Medical Association. Professional interests: Health literacy, patient partnership of trust and implementation of healthcare with professionals, family and public involvement in the prevention of modern lifestyle diseases, patients using access to professional records to overcome confidentiality barriers to care, patients as part of the policing of the use of their patient data
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[*Note from HIFA moderator (Neil PW): Thanks Richard. For the benefit of those who may not have immediate web access, the UN News article introduces: 'A new World Health Organization (WHO) report shows that close to seven million deaths could be prevented by 2030, if low and lower-middle income countries were to make an additional investment of less than a dollar per person each year, in the prevention and treatment of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The report is available here: https://www.who.int/news/item/13-12-2021-investing-1-dollar-per-person-p... ]
