Post-Conflict Libya and Iraq Should Now Wage War on Diabetes and Heart Disease

[Northerner]

In a chaotic Libya or a post-war Iraq, achieving individual safety and the most basic of health care might seem to be the best any government or aid organization could hope for. But areas in transition and those still tending to the societal wounds of war are actually well poised to combat chronic conditions, such as heart disease and other non-communicable diseases, argued the authors of a new essay published online Saturday in the World Health Organization?s Bulletin.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com...d-now-wage-war-on-diabetes-and-heart-disease/