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World > UN News
WHO: Chronic diseases taking 'increasing toll on lives'
By UN News
May 20, 2023 12:20 pm

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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