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Cancer's Global Reach

November 16, 2012 · 6:06 PM CST

Cancer kills more people in low- and middle-income countries than AIDS, malaria, and TB combined, but it remains a disproportionately underfunded disease. In this series, veteran health journalist Joanne Silberner examines cancer's toll in the developing world.

Cancer Funding vs. Mortality
Health Reporter Joanne Silberner
Uganda Cancer Institute (Photo: Jacqueline Koch)
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Cervical Cancer Deaths
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