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A UN General Assembly meeting is a unique opportunity to put them on the world's agenda Chronic diseases-cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes-are the leading global causes of death.Mental illnesses, injuries, osteoarthritis, and chronic kidney diseases also contribute substantially to disability but are often excluded from consideration.Of 58.8 million deaths globally, 60% were attributed to chronic diseases in 2004.1Even in subSaharan Africa, where infectious diseases remain the major disease burden, with AIDS as the single leading cause of death, chronic diseases account for 25% of all deaths.Deaths from chronic diseases are projected to increase dramatically between now and 2030⇓.2
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