There is a perfect storm brewing on the African continent between smoking, HIV and tuberculosis and diabetes. Public health leaders showed promising signs of tackling these at the recent international tobacco control conference in Cape Town, but UN meetings later this year will test leaders’ real commitment, argue José Luis Castro, President and CEO of Vital Strategies, and Katie Dain, CEO of the NCD Alliance.
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