Yach, who is fifty-five, is an affable and smooth-talking South African epidemiologist whose specialty is non-communicable diseases.
His comments came during a debate in the House of Lords on non-communicable diseases, on 6 October 2011.
We must promote greater health literacy and behavioural changes that will reduce non-communicable diseases and tobacco and alcohol abuse.
But cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cancer and hypertension are increasing worldwide, including in developing countries.
Frieden was at the Council on Foreign Relations to discuss non-communicable diseases, and the behaviors that can bring them on.
Cardiovascular disease is the largest cause of death in the world and accounts for almost half of all deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
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The Summit in September in New York is our chance to broker an international commitment that puts non-communicable diseases high on the development agenda, where they belong.
With political momentum gathering to address non-communicable diseases, public and private actors should be also be looking to integrate TB control with programs targeting diabetes, for example.
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There is strong scientific evidence that excess body fat is a risk factor for cancer, as well as other non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.
Crossbench peer and former NHS chief executive Lord Crisp, who called the debate, warned of a worldwide "epidemic" of non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes, cancer and mental health problems.
Today there is also growing interest in and work around how we treat cancer and other non-communicable diseases in places where it is difficult to access quality healthcare, and the United Nations and organizations like Susan G.
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This means that chronic, non-communicable (and often non-treatable) diseases will predominate.
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