%T Non-communicable diseases and health systems reform in low and middle-income countries %A Helen M. Robinson %A Krishna Hort %I Nossal Institute for Global Health %D 2011 %K Public health, %K Diseases, %K Policy %U https://apo.org.au/node/30232 %X Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are becoming an increasing major health and socio-economic concern in low-and-middle-income  countries (LMICs). The World Health Organization estimates that NCDs accounted  for 63 per cent of global mortality in 2008, 80 per cent of which was in LMICs. %9 Report