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The Global Impact of Respiratory Disease

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The Global Impact of Respiratory Disease

The purpose of this report is to call attention to the importance of respiratory health in the world and to raise it to be a top priority in global decision-making.

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The Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs (KAP) is a knowledge sharing and community platform dedicated to enhancing NCD prevention and control through multisectoral and multistakeholder collaboration. The KAP is hosted by the World Health Organization's Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD).
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