Dec 23, 2024 · Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, are not passed from person to person. They are of long duration and generally slow progression. The …

Jun 4, 2025 · Noncommunicable diseasesNoncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease, are collectively responsible for …

Jun 18, 2024 · NCDs are noncommunicable diseases, which include some of the world’s biggest killers: cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic lung …

May 19, 2025 · Chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the number one cause of death and disability in the world. The term NCDs refers to a group of conditions that are not mainly …

The Global NCD Compact 2020–2030 aims to accelerate progress on the prevention and control of NCDs. It seeks to ensure Member States adopt policies and programmes that improve NCD …

Noncommunicable diseases – including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes – kill 41 million people every year. Prevention of NCDs is important. …

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, are the leading cause of mortality in the world. This invisible epidemic …

Sep 4, 2011 · Reducing the major risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and the harmful use of alcohol – is the focus of WHO’s …

Jul 12, 2017 · Noncommunicable diseasesNoncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a group of diseases that affect individuals over an extended period of time causing socio-economic …

Jun 4, 2025 · At the seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78), Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) discussed and approved several milestone decisions to …