Addressing the growing burden of non-communicable disease by leveraging lessons from infectious disease management

Affiliations

¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² Innovative Healthcare Delivery Solutions, Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Family Health International 360, Accra, Ghana.
⁴ Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Malawi.
⁵ MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child, India.
⁶ PATH, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁷ Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.

Review

Peter Piot et al. J Glob Health. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;6(1):010304.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.06.010304.

¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² Innovative Healthcare Delivery Solutions, Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Family Health International 360, Accra, Ghana.
⁴ Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Malawi.
⁵ MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child, India.
⁶ PATH, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁷ Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.

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