BIZ/Healthcare 11 June 2019
"By 2030, the proportion of total global deaths due to chronic lifestyle diseases - such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity - is expected to increase to 70% and the global burden of disease to 56%.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Africa will have the world’s largest increase in NCD deaths over the next decade.
These diseases not only place a considerable economic burden on health services, also driving up the cost of life-saving medication, but negatively impact the country’s economic growth prospects."
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