Bangladesh Tightens Control Over Tobacco But Excludes Smokeless Products 20/04/2026 Kerry Cullinan Bangladesh’s new government has approved a wide-ranging anti-tobacco law that bans advertising, promotion and display across print, electronic, digital and social media, entertainment platforms and points of sale. The Smoking and Tobacco Usage (Control) (Amendment) Law, 2025 also prohibits corporate social responsibility initiatives from using tobacco brand names, logos or trademarks. Cigarette packs have to […] Continue reading -> Healthy Minds, Longer Lives: Inside the Science and Promise of Blue Zones 16/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher It’s a cold winter morning in Davos, but the pictures on the screen are aglow with warmth – a 100-year-old man cuddling an infant; ancient women with faces wrinkled in laughter; aged men sharing a flask of local red wine; and an extended family gathered around a Mediterranean meal of chickpeas, cheeses, salads and seafood. […] Continue reading -> ‘Unprecedented Levels of Industry Interference’ Stalls Decisions on New Tobacco Products and Pollution at UNFCTC COP11 22/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen The Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded in Geneva on Saturday with calls to member states to take stronger action on reducing the environmental harm of tobacco use and increasing corporate liability. But political stand-offs between countries, along with industry interference, hindered major breakthroughs on […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Initiative To Raise $1 Trillion Through Higher ‘Sin Taxes’ on Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugary Drinks 03/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Low-income countries could confront the massive health finance crisis they are facing after the withdrawal of most US-based aid through a 50% increase in the price of tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks – saving 50 million lives and raising some $1 trillion dollars in vital revenue for strapped health systems, says WHO. The ambitious WHO […] Continue reading -> Flavoured Tobacco Products Fuelling ‘New Wave’ of Tobacco Addiction, Warns WHO 30/05/2025 Editorial team As the world observes ‘No Tobacco Day’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes – which are playing an increasing role in hooking young people to tobacco products. Over 50 countries have banned flavoured tobacco, but manufacturers are […] Continue reading -> Can Technology Tame the NCD Crisis? Experts Call for Smarter, Inclusive Digital Health Solutions 20/05/2025 Maayan Hoffman The pace of technological change today is nothing short of revolutionary, according to Dr Douglas Bettcher, Senior Advisor in the Director-General’s Office at the World Health Organization (WHO). “I think we find ourselves very strangely in the last couple of years, in what seems to be a really brave new world, brave new reality,” he […] Continue reading -> How More Informed ‘Self-Care’ Could Reduce Major Burden of Chronic Disease 27/04/2025 Maayan Hoffman Self-care can be a key strategy in tackling the global crisis of non-communicable diseases that are responsible for three-quarters of premature deaths globally and 86 percent of early deaths (before age 70) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Moreover, dentists, pharmacists and community health workers are trained professionals who can provide innovative forms of self-care […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Healthy Minds, Longer Lives: Inside the Science and Promise of Blue Zones 16/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher It’s a cold winter morning in Davos, but the pictures on the screen are aglow with warmth – a 100-year-old man cuddling an infant; ancient women with faces wrinkled in laughter; aged men sharing a flask of local red wine; and an extended family gathered around a Mediterranean meal of chickpeas, cheeses, salads and seafood. […] Continue reading -> ‘Unprecedented Levels of Industry Interference’ Stalls Decisions on New Tobacco Products and Pollution at UNFCTC COP11 22/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen The Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded in Geneva on Saturday with calls to member states to take stronger action on reducing the environmental harm of tobacco use and increasing corporate liability. But political stand-offs between countries, along with industry interference, hindered major breakthroughs on […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Initiative To Raise $1 Trillion Through Higher ‘Sin Taxes’ on Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugary Drinks 03/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Low-income countries could confront the massive health finance crisis they are facing after the withdrawal of most US-based aid through a 50% increase in the price of tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks – saving 50 million lives and raising some $1 trillion dollars in vital revenue for strapped health systems, says WHO. The ambitious WHO […] Continue reading -> Flavoured Tobacco Products Fuelling ‘New Wave’ of Tobacco Addiction, Warns WHO 30/05/2025 Editorial team As the world observes ‘No Tobacco Day’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes – which are playing an increasing role in hooking young people to tobacco products. Over 50 countries have banned flavoured tobacco, but manufacturers are […] Continue reading -> Can Technology Tame the NCD Crisis? Experts Call for Smarter, Inclusive Digital Health Solutions 20/05/2025 Maayan Hoffman The pace of technological change today is nothing short of revolutionary, according to Dr Douglas Bettcher, Senior Advisor in the Director-General’s Office at the World Health Organization (WHO). “I think we find ourselves very strangely in the last couple of years, in what seems to be a really brave new world, brave new reality,” he […] Continue reading -> How More Informed ‘Self-Care’ Could Reduce Major Burden of Chronic Disease 27/04/2025 Maayan Hoffman Self-care can be a key strategy in tackling the global crisis of non-communicable diseases that are responsible for three-quarters of premature deaths globally and 86 percent of early deaths (before age 70) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Moreover, dentists, pharmacists and community health workers are trained professionals who can provide innovative forms of self-care […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
‘Unprecedented Levels of Industry Interference’ Stalls Decisions on New Tobacco Products and Pollution at UNFCTC COP11 22/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen The Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded in Geneva on Saturday with calls to member states to take stronger action on reducing the environmental harm of tobacco use and increasing corporate liability. But political stand-offs between countries, along with industry interference, hindered major breakthroughs on […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Initiative To Raise $1 Trillion Through Higher ‘Sin Taxes’ on Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugary Drinks 03/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Low-income countries could confront the massive health finance crisis they are facing after the withdrawal of most US-based aid through a 50% increase in the price of tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks – saving 50 million lives and raising some $1 trillion dollars in vital revenue for strapped health systems, says WHO. The ambitious WHO […] Continue reading -> Flavoured Tobacco Products Fuelling ‘New Wave’ of Tobacco Addiction, Warns WHO 30/05/2025 Editorial team As the world observes ‘No Tobacco Day’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes – which are playing an increasing role in hooking young people to tobacco products. Over 50 countries have banned flavoured tobacco, but manufacturers are […] Continue reading -> Can Technology Tame the NCD Crisis? Experts Call for Smarter, Inclusive Digital Health Solutions 20/05/2025 Maayan Hoffman The pace of technological change today is nothing short of revolutionary, according to Dr Douglas Bettcher, Senior Advisor in the Director-General’s Office at the World Health Organization (WHO). “I think we find ourselves very strangely in the last couple of years, in what seems to be a really brave new world, brave new reality,” he […] Continue reading -> How More Informed ‘Self-Care’ Could Reduce Major Burden of Chronic Disease 27/04/2025 Maayan Hoffman Self-care can be a key strategy in tackling the global crisis of non-communicable diseases that are responsible for three-quarters of premature deaths globally and 86 percent of early deaths (before age 70) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Moreover, dentists, pharmacists and community health workers are trained professionals who can provide innovative forms of self-care […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Initiative To Raise $1 Trillion Through Higher ‘Sin Taxes’ on Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugary Drinks 03/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Low-income countries could confront the massive health finance crisis they are facing after the withdrawal of most US-based aid through a 50% increase in the price of tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks – saving 50 million lives and raising some $1 trillion dollars in vital revenue for strapped health systems, says WHO. The ambitious WHO […] Continue reading -> Flavoured Tobacco Products Fuelling ‘New Wave’ of Tobacco Addiction, Warns WHO 30/05/2025 Editorial team As the world observes ‘No Tobacco Day’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes – which are playing an increasing role in hooking young people to tobacco products. Over 50 countries have banned flavoured tobacco, but manufacturers are […] Continue reading -> Can Technology Tame the NCD Crisis? Experts Call for Smarter, Inclusive Digital Health Solutions 20/05/2025 Maayan Hoffman The pace of technological change today is nothing short of revolutionary, according to Dr Douglas Bettcher, Senior Advisor in the Director-General’s Office at the World Health Organization (WHO). “I think we find ourselves very strangely in the last couple of years, in what seems to be a really brave new world, brave new reality,” he […] Continue reading -> How More Informed ‘Self-Care’ Could Reduce Major Burden of Chronic Disease 27/04/2025 Maayan Hoffman Self-care can be a key strategy in tackling the global crisis of non-communicable diseases that are responsible for three-quarters of premature deaths globally and 86 percent of early deaths (before age 70) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Moreover, dentists, pharmacists and community health workers are trained professionals who can provide innovative forms of self-care […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Initiative To Raise $1 Trillion Through Higher ‘Sin Taxes’ on Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugary Drinks 03/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Low-income countries could confront the massive health finance crisis they are facing after the withdrawal of most US-based aid through a 50% increase in the price of tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks – saving 50 million lives and raising some $1 trillion dollars in vital revenue for strapped health systems, says WHO. The ambitious WHO […] Continue reading -> Flavoured Tobacco Products Fuelling ‘New Wave’ of Tobacco Addiction, Warns WHO 30/05/2025 Editorial team As the world observes ‘No Tobacco Day’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes – which are playing an increasing role in hooking young people to tobacco products. Over 50 countries have banned flavoured tobacco, but manufacturers are […] Continue reading -> Can Technology Tame the NCD Crisis? Experts Call for Smarter, Inclusive Digital Health Solutions 20/05/2025 Maayan Hoffman The pace of technological change today is nothing short of revolutionary, according to Dr Douglas Bettcher, Senior Advisor in the Director-General’s Office at the World Health Organization (WHO). “I think we find ourselves very strangely in the last couple of years, in what seems to be a really brave new world, brave new reality,” he […] Continue reading -> How More Informed ‘Self-Care’ Could Reduce Major Burden of Chronic Disease 27/04/2025 Maayan Hoffman Self-care can be a key strategy in tackling the global crisis of non-communicable diseases that are responsible for three-quarters of premature deaths globally and 86 percent of early deaths (before age 70) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Moreover, dentists, pharmacists and community health workers are trained professionals who can provide innovative forms of self-care […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches Initiative To Raise $1 Trillion Through Higher ‘Sin Taxes’ on Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugary Drinks 03/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Low-income countries could confront the massive health finance crisis they are facing after the withdrawal of most US-based aid through a 50% increase in the price of tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks – saving 50 million lives and raising some $1 trillion dollars in vital revenue for strapped health systems, says WHO. The ambitious WHO […] Continue reading -> Flavoured Tobacco Products Fuelling ‘New Wave’ of Tobacco Addiction, Warns WHO 30/05/2025 Editorial team As the world observes ‘No Tobacco Day’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes – which are playing an increasing role in hooking young people to tobacco products. Over 50 countries have banned flavoured tobacco, but manufacturers are […] Continue reading -> Can Technology Tame the NCD Crisis? Experts Call for Smarter, Inclusive Digital Health Solutions 20/05/2025 Maayan Hoffman The pace of technological change today is nothing short of revolutionary, according to Dr Douglas Bettcher, Senior Advisor in the Director-General’s Office at the World Health Organization (WHO). “I think we find ourselves very strangely in the last couple of years, in what seems to be a really brave new world, brave new reality,” he […] Continue reading -> How More Informed ‘Self-Care’ Could Reduce Major Burden of Chronic Disease 27/04/2025 Maayan Hoffman Self-care can be a key strategy in tackling the global crisis of non-communicable diseases that are responsible for three-quarters of premature deaths globally and 86 percent of early deaths (before age 70) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Moreover, dentists, pharmacists and community health workers are trained professionals who can provide innovative forms of self-care […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO Launches Initiative To Raise $1 Trillion Through Higher ‘Sin Taxes’ on Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugary Drinks 03/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Low-income countries could confront the massive health finance crisis they are facing after the withdrawal of most US-based aid through a 50% increase in the price of tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks – saving 50 million lives and raising some $1 trillion dollars in vital revenue for strapped health systems, says WHO. The ambitious WHO […] Continue reading -> Flavoured Tobacco Products Fuelling ‘New Wave’ of Tobacco Addiction, Warns WHO 30/05/2025 Editorial team As the world observes ‘No Tobacco Day’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes – which are playing an increasing role in hooking young people to tobacco products. Over 50 countries have banned flavoured tobacco, but manufacturers are […] Continue reading -> Can Technology Tame the NCD Crisis? Experts Call for Smarter, Inclusive Digital Health Solutions 20/05/2025 Maayan Hoffman The pace of technological change today is nothing short of revolutionary, according to Dr Douglas Bettcher, Senior Advisor in the Director-General’s Office at the World Health Organization (WHO). “I think we find ourselves very strangely in the last couple of years, in what seems to be a really brave new world, brave new reality,” he […] Continue reading -> How More Informed ‘Self-Care’ Could Reduce Major Burden of Chronic Disease 27/04/2025 Maayan Hoffman Self-care can be a key strategy in tackling the global crisis of non-communicable diseases that are responsible for three-quarters of premature deaths globally and 86 percent of early deaths (before age 70) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Moreover, dentists, pharmacists and community health workers are trained professionals who can provide innovative forms of self-care […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Flavoured Tobacco Products Fuelling ‘New Wave’ of Tobacco Addiction, Warns WHO 30/05/2025 Editorial team As the world observes ‘No Tobacco Day’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes – which are playing an increasing role in hooking young people to tobacco products. Over 50 countries have banned flavoured tobacco, but manufacturers are […] Continue reading -> Can Technology Tame the NCD Crisis? Experts Call for Smarter, Inclusive Digital Health Solutions 20/05/2025 Maayan Hoffman The pace of technological change today is nothing short of revolutionary, according to Dr Douglas Bettcher, Senior Advisor in the Director-General’s Office at the World Health Organization (WHO). “I think we find ourselves very strangely in the last couple of years, in what seems to be a really brave new world, brave new reality,” he […] Continue reading -> How More Informed ‘Self-Care’ Could Reduce Major Burden of Chronic Disease 27/04/2025 Maayan Hoffman Self-care can be a key strategy in tackling the global crisis of non-communicable diseases that are responsible for three-quarters of premature deaths globally and 86 percent of early deaths (before age 70) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Moreover, dentists, pharmacists and community health workers are trained professionals who can provide innovative forms of self-care […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Can Technology Tame the NCD Crisis? Experts Call for Smarter, Inclusive Digital Health Solutions 20/05/2025 Maayan Hoffman The pace of technological change today is nothing short of revolutionary, according to Dr Douglas Bettcher, Senior Advisor in the Director-General’s Office at the World Health Organization (WHO). “I think we find ourselves very strangely in the last couple of years, in what seems to be a really brave new world, brave new reality,” he […] Continue reading -> How More Informed ‘Self-Care’ Could Reduce Major Burden of Chronic Disease 27/04/2025 Maayan Hoffman Self-care can be a key strategy in tackling the global crisis of non-communicable diseases that are responsible for three-quarters of premature deaths globally and 86 percent of early deaths (before age 70) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Moreover, dentists, pharmacists and community health workers are trained professionals who can provide innovative forms of self-care […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
How More Informed ‘Self-Care’ Could Reduce Major Burden of Chronic Disease 27/04/2025 Maayan Hoffman Self-care can be a key strategy in tackling the global crisis of non-communicable diseases that are responsible for three-quarters of premature deaths globally and 86 percent of early deaths (before age 70) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Moreover, dentists, pharmacists and community health workers are trained professionals who can provide innovative forms of self-care […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts