What You Can't Catch Can Still Kill You

While nearly all global health funding is aimed at diseases you can catch, such as malaria and HIV/AIDS, non-communicable diseases--such as diseases related to diet, lack of exercise, and tobacco use--are now the leading cause of death in developing countries, according to a new World Bank report. Rachel Nugent, CGD senior health program associate, explores some of the implications of this overlooked trend--and points to possible rich-world complicity.