A renewed call for transdisciplinary action on NCDs

Brigit Toebes; Marlies Hesselman; Jochen O. Mierau; Jitse P. van Dijk

doi:10.1186/s12914-020-00241-z

BMC International Health and Human Rights (Aug 2020)

A renewed call for transdisciplinary action on NCDs

Brigit Toebes,
Marlies Hesselman,
Jochen O. Mierau,
Jitse P. van Dijk

Affiliations

Brigit Toebes: Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre, Department of Transboundary Legal Studies, Department of International Law, Faculty of Law, Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health, University of Groningen
Marlies Hesselman: Department of Transboundary Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen
Jochen O. Mierau: Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health & Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen
Jitse P. van Dijk: Department of Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12914-020-00241-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Abstract Notwithstanding COVID-19, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will be the leading cause of death in every region in the world by 2030. This contribution, which forms an introduction to our collection of articles in this journal, identifies elements for a transdisciplinary research agenda between law, public health, health economics and international relations aimed at designing concrete interventions to curb the NCD pandemic, both globally and domestically.

Published in BMC International Health and Human Rights

ISSN: 1472-698X (Online)
Publisher: BMC
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
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