By Judy Siegel-Itzkovich

Brought to Israel and treated here for humanitarian reasons, he has recovered and his functional and cosmetic outcome is “acceptable,” doctors stated.

By Yohannes Adama Melaku

The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer, have rapidly risen in developing countries. According to the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) Study 2015, an estimated 285,301 (41.9%) deaths and 14.9 million (36.1%) disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were caused by NCDs in Ethiopia–an increase by 25.1% and 36.2% since 1990, respectively.