Disease sleuths on job in Vietnam

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The Menzies Research Institute is working in Vietnam to try to find out why the developing nation has such a high incidence of typically western-style diseases.

Vietnam appears to have an extraordinarily high rate of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, stroke and cancer.

$2 million funding for the Menzies research in Vietnam came from the Atlantic Philanthropies -- an international charitable organisation.

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