On 29 September the Guardian reported that England’s new health and social care secretary, Thérèse Coffey, was to scrap the long promised government white paper on reducing health inequalities.1 This U turn came only days after the World Health Organization had published a key report on preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs)2: it estimated that 74% of the world’s deaths each year were caused by NCDs, with 86% of those deaths counted as “premature” (in people under 70). Several heads of state had already signed up to an NCD compact to save 50 million lives by 2030.3 Some 77% of deaths from NCDs in the WHO report …

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大卫奥利弗：政府的“升级”议程已经倒退

9 月 29 日，《卫报》报道称，英格兰新任卫生和社会保健大臣特蕾莎·科菲（Thérèse Coffey）将取消政府许诺已久的关于减少健康不平等的白皮书。 1 就在世界卫生组织发布了一份关于预防非传染性疾病 (NCD)2：据估计，全世界每年 74% 的死亡是由非传染性疾病引起的，其中 86% 的死亡被算作“过早”（70 岁以下的人）。几位国家元首已经签署了一项非传染性疾病契约，以在 2030 年之前挽救 5000 万人的生命。3 在世卫组织的报告中，约 77% 的非传染性疾病死亡……