{"id":197,"date":"2010-05-29T10:52:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-29T16:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2010\/05\/29\/how-important-are-the-big-three-infections-really\/"},"modified":"2016-01-03T01:07:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T01:07:53","slug":"how-important-are-the-big-three-infections-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2010\/05\/29\/how-important-are-the-big-three-infections-really\/","title":{"rendered":"How Important Are The Big Three Infections &#8211; Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/05\/poverty.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1139\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/05\/poverty.jpg\" alt=\"poverty\" width=\"530\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/05\/poverty.jpg 530w, https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/05\/poverty-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quick, what is the leading acute cause of death in world\u2019s poorest nations? How about the second most common acute cause of death? The truth may startle you. Pneumonia as the leading acute cause of death is no surprise. But number two is\u00a0<em>coronary artery disease<\/em>. No, not HIV, not tuberculosis, not even malaria. It is simply arterial athersclerosis. And least you believe this an outlier, consider the fact that stroke \u2013 another manifestation of athersclerosis \u2013 is the fifth leading acute cause of death in the poorest nations. Such straightforward epidemiology challenges one of the most popular misconceptions in the field of global health: the notion that infectious diseases \u2013 particularly the Big Three: tuberculosis, malaria and HIV \u2013 are the greatest plagues afflicting the world\u2019s most vulnerable peoples. The fact of the matter, conversely, is that non-infectious, chronic maladies severely burden those living in extreme poverty, and that such maladies\u00a0<em>worsen<\/em>their poverty through both health care costs and lost wages connected with lost work. What effective steps are we taking against chronic diseases?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Quick, what is the leading acute cause of death in world\u2019s poorest nations? How about the second most common acute cause of death? The truth may startle you. Pneumonia as the leading acute cause of death is no surprise. But number two is\u00a0coronary artery disease. No, not HIV, not tuberculosis, not even malaria. 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