Opinion: Noncommunicable diseases among women: a ‘slow motion disaster’
"Women are not dying of diseases we can't treat. They are dying because societies have yet to make the decision that their lives are worth saving." Our societies need to…
Childbirth and infectious diseases were once the leading causes of death among women around the globe. That’s changed over the last three decades. Today, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), once considered diseases of affluence, are, along with injuries, the leading causes of death and disability among women in developing and developed countries alike. Noncommunicable diseases affect women and children across the life-course: They are a critical issue for child and adolescent health, a threat to maternal and reproductive health, and a major driver of ill health for older women.
Described as a “slow, accounting for almost three-quarters of all deaths.
