Noncommunicable Diseases: A Globalization of Disparity?
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Authors
- Hotez, Peter J.; Peiperl, Larry
- Source
- PLoS Medicine. 7/28/2015, Vol. 12 Issue 7, p1-4. 4p. 1 Chart.
- Subject
- *NON-communicable diseases
*HEALTH equity
*HEALTH of poor people
*MEDICAL care of poor people
*TROPICAL medicine
*HIV prevention
*MALARIA prevention
*PREVENTION
- Language
- ISSN
- 1549-1277
Peter Hotez and Larry Peiperl argue that the world’s poorest people may take on a disproportionate burden of noncommunicable diseases, even as their home countries gain in economic power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]