It is almost a year since Richard Horton of The Lancet wrote: “The NCD community needs an electric shock to its semi-comatose soul. But who has the courage to deliver it?” http://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)01178-2/fulltext Please join me in shaking people out of complacency on noncommunicable diseases, mental health disorders, and sudden conditions. Jamie