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"Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular
conditions account for 41 million deaths each year. That’s more than 70% of all
deaths globally. Most of these deaths (77%) are in low-income and middle-income
countries – including those in Africa.
These conditions are currently more prevalent than infectious diseases.
Sixty-seven percent occur before the age of 40. Besides being the leading
causes of death worldwide, noncommunicable diseases carry a huge cost to
individuals. These also undermine workforce productivity and threaten economic
prosperity.
Healthcare provision in much of Africa still relies on external donors. There’s
insufficient funding to help low-income and middle-income countries control
noncommunicable diseases. Most development assistance for health funding
provided by international donors is allocated for infectious diseases and
maternal and child health. In 2019, funding for HIV amounted to US$9.5 billion.
The amount allocated to noncommunicable diseases was US$0.7 billion.
Evidence suggests that addressing the noncommunicable disease pandemic can also
mitigate other challenges like HIV, tuberculosis (TB), maternal and child
health, and universal health coverage.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is an international partnership.
The fund invests US$4 billion a year to fight these three diseases.
I believe it’s now time to think of establishing a Global Fund for
noncommunicable diseases, or expand the mandate of Global Fund beyond AIDS, TB
and malaria. The epidemics of these conditions overlap. For example, research
has shown that comorbidities such as diabetes and cancers are common in people
living with HIV."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
