WHO concerned over chronic disease spread

A report conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the incidence of chronic disease has surpassed infectious disease in causing deaths around the world. WHO has called on governments to focus health expenditure on reducing the impact of chronic disease including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, to avoid future economic decline secondary to a premature loss of the workforce. Chronic diseases were initially associated with high income countries, but their impact is also being felt in lower income countries normally plagued by infectious diseases as malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Bloomberg.com

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• Chronic disease
• Infectious disease
• Death
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• Stroke
• Malaria
• Tuberculosis
• AIDS

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About: WHO concerned over chronic disease spread

Date: 5 October 2005

Source: Bloomberg.com

Author: Carey Sargent

URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=arCvYa5JoAnc&refer=germany

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• Research
• Research and WHO
• Research and world health organization
• Research and chronic disease
• Research and infectious disease
• Research and death
• Research and cancer
• Research and diabetes
• Research and heart disease
• Research and stroke
• Research and malaria
• Research and tuberculosis
• Research and AIDS
• Death and chronic disease
• Death and infectious disease
• Death and cancer
• Death and diabetes
• Death and heart disease
• Death and stroke
• Death and malaria
• Death and tuberculosis
• Death and AIDS
• Risk and chronic disease

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