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Novartis calls for end to gender inequality gaps in COPD care on International Women’s Day #PressforProgress
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Positive gains are needed to accelerate change for women with lung disease

B-cells mount an attack
Patient Perspectives

Targeting the roots of Sjögren’s syndrome

Scientist with gloves writing a number on a test tube
Patient Perspectives

Led by Steven Taylor, the Sjögren’s Syndrome Foundation is raising awareness of a little-known autoimmune disease

Syrian refugees ponder an uncertain future: Zakiya, one of the daughters of Hamid, with her son Waleed, age 10, in their makeshift home.
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Helping Syrian refugees manage chronic diseases

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Field officers survey households in rural Kenya.
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Novartis invites scrutiny of effort to improve access to medicine

Leukemia cells attacked from two angles.
Discovery

Striving to vanquish leukemia

Patient Perspectives

A New Year’s resolution for COPD

Bodypainter Natalie Fletcher paints on model
Patient Perspectives

Body painter captures anguish of those who suffer from psoriasis

understanding-your-diagnosis
Patient Perspectives

Giving a small community a big voice

Patient in rural Kenya walks to a clinic
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Kenya confronts chronic diseases, building on progress against AIDS

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