Building Better Health

Already, noncommunicable diseases are the leading cause of disability and premature mortality in the vast majority of countries of the Americas. If projections hold, chronic degenerative diseases, lifestyle-related diseases, and violence will continue to take up an increasingly greater share of death and suffering, impairing the quality of life among the peoples of the Americas. They will also overtax health services and drive up health care costs. The good news is that many of these diseases an