{
  "id": 12325284,
  "title": "WHO warns of growing NCD burden despite longer lives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/who-warns-of-growing-ncd-burden-despite-longer-lives",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T07:11:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghana Business News",
    "slug": "ghana-business-news",
    "url": "https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2026/10/06/who-warns-of-growing-ncd-burden-despite-longer-lives/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) now account for nearly three-quarters of global deaths, despite global life expectancy recovering to 73.3 years in 2023. The WHO's latest Global Health Estimates indicate that heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, while diabetes, dementia, anxiety, and depression contribute significantly to illness and disability. The organisation highlights that gains in life expectancy are increasingly being accompanied by rising demand for prevention, treatment, and long-term care services for chronic diseases, emphasising the need to ensure that longer lives are matched by better health outcomes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}