Thursday, 26 May 2016

5 ways Asia can arm itself against future epidemics (Harald Nusser, WEF)

Four-year-old Niuniu, who has late-stage neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, sits on a bench while his mother pays his medical bills after getting tested for his fifth round of chemotherapy at Shanghai Children's Hospital May 2, 2013.

While global headlines might focus on Ebola, the zika virus or yellow fever, we are slowly winning the fight against infectious diseases. They will remain a challenge for decades to come, yet the real threat of the future is expected to come from elsewhere: non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/05/5-ways-asia-can-arm-itself-against-future-epidemics

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