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U.N. Member States Reach Tentative Agreement On NCD Declaration
U.N. member state representatives recently reached an agreement "on a political declaration document for the 19 September U.N. high-level meeting on the prevention and control of on non-communicable diseases (NCDs)," although the document is "somewhat watered down from an original version," ScienceInsider reports (Reardon, 9/7). "The process has hit delays and setbacks, including resistance from some member countries to setting hard targets for reducing disease," according to the PBS Newshour blog "The Rundown" (Miller, 9/7).
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