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With average American life expectancy falling, it is all the more important to invest more, not less, in the life-saving work of CDC.

"Lives are at stake. We call on Congress and the Trump administration to put the public’s health before politics."

This year, on International Women’s Day, we join the global community to “better the balance” by addressing the toll of NCDs on women, as individuals and caregivers, worldwide.

I write in Devex about seven issues and trends that will be critical to shaping the conversation on NCDs.

"We urge the next FDA commissioner to not only take on this issue but to do more to adopt essential regulation on the sale and marketing of these products. Children deserve no less.”

“Eating too much salt is a leading cause of high blood pressure and causes more than 3 million deaths around the world every year. The new, rigorously derived recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences reaffirm the bottom line message to the world: too much salt is harmful, lower is better and will save lives.”

Michael R. Bloomberg has dedicated his life to big ideas and seeing these through to measurable accomplishments.

"While Mayor Bloomberg announced today that he will not be running for President of the United States in 2020, our organization applauds his national and global leadership and his extraordinary dedication to public service."