Tackling NCDs in developing countries

Tackling NCDs in developing countries

Author: The BMJ August 27, 2013 Duration: 9:05

Dan Chisholm, a health economist with the World Health Organisation talks to Harriet Vickers about a cluster of articles which examines the more cost effective way to tackle non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia.


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