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Director of @WHO’s Department for #NCDs. Proud to work @WHO on #NextGenNCD agenda to #BuildBackBetter beyond recovery, towards #HLM4 in 2025. Tweets are my own.
Jul 4, 2020 14 tweets 9 min read
1/14 Dear Richard, “all we have is silence” equally applies to deadly interplay b/ #COVID19 pandemic + #NCDs epidemic. #PLWNCDs are at heightened risk of becoming severely ill or dying from #C19. Health systems are being overwhelmed with PLWNCDs becoming acutely ill. 2/14 Our recent survey shows massive disruptions in access to #NCDs services, which will result in upsurge of illness and deaths from NCDs (projections forthcoming) which failing health systems are unlikely to be able to manage.
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