News In focus Developing countries face double burden of disease Following 18 months of multi-stake-holder consultations, and two days of tense negotiations at the 57th World Health Assembly in May, the Global strategy on diet, physical activity and health was finally — and unanimously — adopted by WHO Member States. The adoption of the nonbinding strategy opens the way for policy-makers to dev...

Governments and philanthropic organizations collectively pour hundreds of millions of dollars annually into the prevention and treatment of a select group of life-threatening infectious diseases that includes malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. The merits of these high-profile programs are indisputable, yet emerging interest in traditionally neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) suggests that the...