Learning lessons from the AIDS response to control NCDs
UNAIDS - "Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are by far the biggest killers of people worldwide, responsible for 71% of all deaths globally. Defined by the World Health Organization as diseases of long duration and generally slow progression, the four main types of NCDs, which account for 80% of all NDC premature deaths, are cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes.
People of all ages can be affected by NCDs, but they tend to affect older people. With increasing numbers of people living with HIV accessing treatment and hence living longer, people living with HIV are increasingly falling ill with NCDs. Being HIV-positive, however, also increases the risk of developing NCDs, either because of the infection itself or owing to side-effects of the medicines used to treat HIV. The care that people living with HIV receive therefore increasingly needs to include care for NCDs."