KIGALI, Rwanda — This could be an important year for defining priorities around noncommunicable diseases, or NCDs — an often overlooked area in global health.
In September, when world leaders meet at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, they will participate in a high-level meeting focused on how the world should tackle the growing burden of NCDs.
NCDs, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and respiratory illness, killed at least 43 million people in 2021, which equated to 75% of nonpandemic related deaths that year — with the majority of premature deaths from NCDs happening in low- and middle-income countries.
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
