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The article discusses how non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for several deaths and how low-and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected by these deaths. Topics discussed include how type 2 diabetes increases the risk of incident tuberculosis (TB), five-step approach published by Capacity Research Unit (CRU) at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to understand diseases and how laboratories have international accreditation.

The article focuses on the health care in Nigeria. The article informs that the country is home to more than 400 ethnic group and is the most populous nation in Africa. The article mentions that the country has high number of people suffering from communicable disease and non-communicable diseases (NCD). The more prominent NCDs include diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and sickle cell diseases. The article further states that this causes increase in adult disability.

The article discusses according to market researcher Frost & Sullivan, there has been shift in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Saharan Africa, which is driving demand for chronic prescription drugs and mentions views of Saravanan Thangaraj, transformational health research analyst, on same.

The article offers information on the assessment of the accuracy of Widal test in diagnosing typhoid fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It mentions that on-site surveys of diagnostic methods and external quality assessments were carried out. It notes that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including diabetes, stroke, and asthma are a major threat.

Information about the meeting of the African Health Ministers held in Luanda, Angola is presented. Topics include the challenges faced by the public health service, the need to involve every sector to prevent risks associated with non-communicable diseases (NGOs) and the universal health coverage to make sure the access of quality health care to everyone. The meeting featured Dr. Luis Sambo of World Health Organization (WHO) and African Union Commissioner for Social Affairs Dr. Mustapha Kalolo.

The article discusses the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC), a health organization, Secretariat World Health Assembly (WHA) preparatory meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe and the author's proposed agenda for the WHA forum on May 19 to 23, 2014. Health specialists have addressed diplomacy in global health. Suggestions for inclusion in the WHA forum agenda were development of global targets for tuberculosis and prevention of non-communicable diseases.

The author reflects on workforce health coverage. The author mentions about the third global forum on human resources for health (HRH) which is taking place in Recife, Brazil. The author mentions that the conference, which is organized by the World Health Organization and the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA), aims to develop a health environment for employees in Africa. The author also mentions that the non-communicable diseases epidemic has again been initiated.

The article reflects on funding the treatment of the non-communicable disease (NCD). It is said that of 57 million early deaths per year glob ally about 63% are ascribed to NCDs such as cardiovascular disease, cancers, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes. It is also said that high net worth individuals are seen as source of funding.

The article presents abstracts related medical care which include the benefit of physical exercises in reducing the risk of many non-communicable disease as well as the application of reconstructive surgery for female genital mutilation.

The article presents abstracts on medical topics, such as "Association of coffee-drinking with total and cause-specific mortality," by N. D. Freedman and colleagues, "Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable disease in prison populations worldwide: a systematic review," by K. Herbert and colleagues, and "A pooled analysis of vitamin D dose requirements for fracture prevention," by H. A. Bischoff-Ferrari and colleagues.

The article reports that world leaders, who attended the 65th World Health Assembly held in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2012, agreed for the global target for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cancer, diabetes, and lung disease, and to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by 25% by 2025.