I have seen how the 'poverty causes AIDS' trope has hindered HIV prevention efforts for over twenty years. It is time to think more clearly about noncommunicable diseases or NCDs.

In him 2685 and at http://hivinfo4mm.org/ncd-risk-factors-urbanisation-and-poverty-in-myanmar/ I posted a paper showing differences in risk factors for the four classical NCDs of cardiovascular disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes, and cancer.

And now there is a new major global analysis showing differences in risk factors depending on socioeconomic status.

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(17)30058-X/fulltext

If we use this analysis wisely we can focus our efforts to address NCDs. We ignore it at our expense.

Jamie