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AHA and partner organizations pledge to fight noncommunicable diseases worldwide

Monday, May 24, 2010
It's time to take a stand against a long overlooked worldwide epidemic – noncommunicable diseases – said the CEOs of the American Heart Association (AHA), American Cancer Society (ACS) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) in a May 13 letter published on CNN.com. Noncommunicable diseases, which include cancer, heart disease and diabetes, account for about 60 percent of deaths worldwide.

In the letter, AHA CEO Nancy Brown, Larry Hausner (CEO, ADA) and John Seffrin (CEO, ACS) ask the U.S. State Department to support a United Nations Resolution calling for a summit on noncommunicable diseases "in order to develop strategic responses to these diseases and their repercussions."

"The world's leaders must take steps to balance the global response to both communicable and noncommunicable diseases, especially in low- and middle-income countries where the burden of noncommunicable diseases continues to grow unchecked and underappreciated," the letter states.

Read letter from Nancy Brown, Larry Hausner and John Seffrin.
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