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Alessandro Demaio

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Alessandro Demaio, a Harvard Global Equity Initiative fellow, says the typical person suffering a noncommunicable disease today is a woman under 70, living in poverty, most likely in Asia. To raise awareness of this, Demaio and others started started a global nonprofit named NCDFREE.

Fighting disease on a global scale

Fellow’s nonprofit aims to raise awareness, spur local leadership

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DateJanuary 7, 2014March 18, 2019