Critics see lost chance on fighting diseases

Hundreds of organizations and experts described the third United Nations high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases as a “squandered” opportunity.

By Arete News - September 29, 2018

Doctor with the International Medical Corps examines a boy at a mobile health clinic in Pakistan (AN/Vicki Francis)

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