NCD Prevention and Control: Sustainable and Comprehensive Solutions; A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

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International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

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The four commentaries on an IJHPM editorial “Addressing NCDs: Challenges from industry market promotion and interferences,”1 further exemplify the tactics used by tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food industry in interfering governments’ efforts to counteract the commercial determinants of non-communicable disease (NCD); in particular the best buys interventions... (Read more...)

 

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 9, Issue 8
August 2020
Pages 360-362

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  • Receive Date: 17 November 2019
  • Revise Date: 27 November 2019
  • Accept Date: 27 November 2019
  • First Publish Date: 01 August 2020

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