NONCOMMUNICABLE diseases (NCDs) are claiming about three quarters of all lives lost each year, the World Health Organization said in a report.

WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the latest World Health Statistics report "sends a stark message on the threat of noncommunicable diseases, which take an immense and increasing toll on lives, livelihoods, health systems, communities, economies and societies."

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