However, although people are living longer, they are not necessarily healthier than before — nearly a quarter (23 %) of
the overall global burden of death and illness is in people aged over 60, and much of this burden is attributable to long - term illness caused by diseases such as cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, heart disease, musculoskeletal diseases (such as arthritis and osteoporosis), and mental and neurological disorders.
Not exact matches
The
overall goal was to create
global awareness of the link between healthy growth and complementary feeding, and develop tools and a framework to promote healthy growth in countries with a high
burden of stunting.
The paper, published in The Lancet
Global Health, also finds that chronic diseases, such as ischemic heart disease and diabetes, cause a greater
burden to health in the region
overall than communicable diseases like diarrheal diseases and tuberculosis.
China will make the decision not only with the understanding of its own situation... but also the
overall design of the
global responsibility system, including looking at the share of
burden or benefits in the process from other countries — for example the United States, Europe, Japan.
How much of a problem is delayed participation by developing countries in terms of raising the
overall burden of
global mitigation costs, and what does this imply for appropriate near - term emissions pricing goals for the United States, if eventual targets for
global stabilization are still to be met?