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NCDs in Sub-Saharan Africa
The spread of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa has reached levels similar to those in higher-income countries. However, the amount of resources allocated to health in these two different worlds – the poor and rich – are still vastly unequal, which has major health, socio-economic, and political consequences.