May 31, 2017 – NY Times. Communicable diseases like malaria and AIDS now kill fewer of the world’s people than noncommunicable ones like heart disease, strokes, respiratory ailments, and diabetes do. But awareness of this progress lags far behind it. According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, noncommunicable diseases were responsible for 67% of deaths in low- and middle-income countries in 2015, but only about 1% of foreign aid and donations dedicated to healthcare was aimed at preventing and treating them.
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