The next health frontier: Chronic diseases in Africa

Over 10 years, the United States will spend $67 billion on its widely praised President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which changed the face of AIDS in Africa. But such efforts, focus ing on one disease, have drawn attention away from emerging chronic diseases similar to those that are the top killers in the United States. (Full article: 758 words)

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