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ABSTRACT

These words from Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. ring true in today’s global quest for equity and a greater measure of social justice in every  eld, no less so when it comes to disease prevention and access to health care itself. The time is long past when chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were a problem mainly for the well-to-do and the industrialized nations. With longer life expectancies in most countries and the globalization of “Western” diets and sedentarism, the main burden of disease and death from these conditions is falling on already-disadvantaged developing countries and poor communities everywhere. Over 80% of chronic disease deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.