Mongolia's ambitious programme to tackle cancer death rates reaches 40% of population
Briefly

An ambitious project in Mongolia has reached 40% of the population by screening for non-communicable diseases like cancer, aiming to tackle high mortality rates.
NCDs are rising globally due to genetic, physiological, environmental, and behavioral factors, with 80% being preventable, causing immense human toll and widening inequality.
Investment in tackling NCDs that cause 71% of deaths is low, disproportionately impacting the poor with slow, debilitating illnesses lacking sufficient funding in low-income countries.
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