Chronic Disease Plan ‘Can Save 32m’

Researchers say that simple measures to reduce salt intake, smoking and damage to arteries could save 32 million lives a year by 2015 in those countries most afflicted by chronic disease. The annual cost of the strategy would be equivalent to just 50p per head in the countries investigated. Experts conducted a series of studies looking at achievable ways to reduce the chronic disease burden in 23 low to middle-income countries around the world. [click link for full article]

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