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These non-communicable illnesses need more money

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), heart diseases, cancer, diabetes, and respiratory diseases are the four main non-communicable ailments taking a toll on the lives of both children and adults.

Young people, owing to their eating habits and lifestyles, bear the biggest burden of these diseases.According to the WHO non-communicable diseases country profiles of 2014, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases account for a bigger percentage among men and women below 70 years.

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