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UN urges governments to tackle non-communicable diseases
Sep 19, 2011, 13:43 GMT
New York - The UN General Assembly began on Monday its first conference on non-communicable diseases, calling for governments to adopt measures to curb the deaths of 36 million people a year, 80 per cent of them in developing countries.
The assembly president, Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser of Qatar, said the United Nations has the opportunity to work out a plan of action to fight the diseases, including cancers, diabetes and respiratory ailments.
The two-day meeting is to be attended by heads of state and government, who will hold side debates on various health measures to combat non-communicable diseases.
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