Health care for chronic disease  Monday 29 October 2012 5:50PM
(view full episode)  The United Health Chronic Disease
Initiative is a program with the National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute that has created 11 centres in low and middle income
countries working to counter chronic disease (cardiovascular
disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and
common cancers).  View comments (2)    Norman Swan: So we've
talked about overweight and obesity, smoking and alcohol, all of
which lead to what's called chronic disease, things like heart
disease, lung and liver problems and diabetes, which will never
go away once you've got them. They just have to be cared for
actively to minimise their impact. But this isn't just an issue
for rich countries like Australia. Chronic diseases are huge in
the developing world. Dr Richard Smith is a former editor of the
British Medical Journal, and he is now director of the United
Health Chronic Disease Initiative.  Richard Smith: It's a
program, together with the Nat