Hi everyone,

The first-ever United Nations General Assembly Special Session focused on global non-communicable diseases is being held right now in New York (September 19 and 20). It is drawing attention to chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancers, and chronic respiratory disease—now the leading causes of death around the world.

HIV This Week has produced a short podcast on the lessons from HIV for other chronic diseases, based on the lead article by Rabkin and El-Sadr in issue 92.  Listening to it may help you think more about the synergies and encourage you to reach out to colleagues in the chronic disease field.

You can find the podcast at our multimedia site: http://hivthisweek.unaids.org/content/multimedia

All the best,

via Cate.