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Sunrise in the Transkei region in Eastern Cape Province, one of the poorest and most rural of South Africa’s 9 provinces.
Noncommunicable Diseases

Strapped for Time and Resources: Fighting Stroke in Rural South Africa

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Cookies with labels stating their high content in sugar, calories and saturated fat in Santiago, Chile, on June 20, 2016. Image: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty
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Food Labels Work, So Why Aren’t More Governments Using Them?

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Outside the Mark Sankalé Center for diabetes in Dakar, Senegal. Image Courtesy of Amy Nye.
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Diabetes on the Rise in Senegal

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Joshua Blumenfeld (left) and Jamie Drummond at Sunday’s NCD communications event moderated by Nejra Cehic. (Image: Brian W. Simpson)
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NCD Experts, Change the Name! And Other Valuable Advice

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Journalist Hannah McNeish documented hemophilia's devastation and hope in Kenya. Image: Courtesy
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More Than a Medical Story: A Q&A with Hannah McNeish

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Jane Mugasha coordinates hemophilia services for the Mount Kenya region.
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The Muranga Solution: Extending Hemophilia Care to Rural Kenya

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Ethan Miruka, 10, receives blood clotting medicine every 48 hours, a procedure that his mother carries out in their family home. It allows him to carry on a normal life.
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Hemophilia’s Crippling Cost

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A newly established clinic at the Muranga District Hospital extends hemophilia care into Muranga County, Kenya.
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“We are Many”: The Race to Treat Hemophilia in Kenya

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Michael R. Bloomberg at the One Planet Summit 2018
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Michael R. Bloomberg: Millions Don't Have to Die from NCDs

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Audience members peruse a new WHO report on NCDs at its May 20 release in Geneva. (Image: Courtesy of Bloomberg Philanthropies)
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WHO’s Different Calculus on NCDs: Saving Lives… and Money

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A DNA sculpture in deCODE Genetics Reykjavik headquarters. The company says it has all the information needed to accurately identify almost every single BRCA mutation carrier in Iceland.
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The Right Not to Know: When Ignorance is Bliss but Deadly

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