About the Authors

Shah Ebrahim

shah.ebrahim@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, South Asia Network for Chronic Disease, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Neil Pearce

Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

Liam Smeeth

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Juan P. Casas

Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Shabbar Jaffar

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Peter Piot

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors work in applied NCD health research and could benefit from any increased attention and research financing directed towards NCDs.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: SE NP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SE NP LS JPC SJ PP. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: SE NP LS JPC SJ PP. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: SE NP LS JPC SJ PP.