Richard Peto tells Andréia Azevedo Soares why efforts to reduce premature death from noncommunicable diseases should focus mainly on the big causes.

Harald Schmidt and Anne Barnhill highlight the need to ensure equity in the proposed Sustainable Development Goals.

Noncommunicable diseases were estimated to claim more than 36 million lives worldwide in 2008. Major contributors to this burden were cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes. The United Nations General Assembly held a high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases in September 2011 for heads of states and governments, conscious of the projected increases in di...

BACKGROUND Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the major global cause of morbidity and mortality. In Mongolia, a number of health policies have been developed targeting the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases. This paper aimed to evaluate the extent to which NCD-related policies introduced in Mongolia align with the World Health Organization (WHO) 2008-2013 Action Plan for the Gl...

T ubiquity and impact of non­ communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, cancers, chronic obstruc­ tive pulmonary disease, and psy­ chiatric disorders present major global health, development, and societal challenges.1 Acknowledg­ ing this fact, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly will hold a high­level meeting on global noncommunicable diseases on September 19...