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Has There Been Adequate Progress in Addressing the NCD Epidemic in LMIC? Cover

Has There Been Adequate Progress in Addressing the NCD Epidemic in LMIC?

Open Access
|Dec 2016

Abstract

Highlights

  • Only a single low-income country has implemented high taxes on cigarettes.
  • No LMIC has effective laws to reduce alcohol use.
  • Strategies to promote physical activity in LMIC need to overcome cultural challenges.
  • LMIC lack policies to restrain the marketing and consumption of unhealthy foods.
  • Primary health care systems for chronic disease care remain weak in most LMIC.
Language: English
Published on: Dec 1, 2016
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2016 Nasheeta Peer, Andre P. Kengne, published by Ubiquity Press
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