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Milroy lecture 2024. Non-communicable versus communicable diseases: A paradigm unfit for the 21st century?
1Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
The dominant paradigm in clinical medicine, public health and global health has been to split clinical practice, research, education, training and funding into communicable versus non-communicable diseases. This dichotomy was borne out of the context of colonialism and increasingly, not least during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, evidence suggests that a much closer relationship between these 'disease siloes' would be beneficial, from risk factors to therapeutics. In this lecture, the synergies between communicable and non-communicable diseases are explored in order to inform future policy and practice.
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