For a State which takes immense pride in consistently coming at the top in the health index rankings of NITI Aayog every year, the findings of the ICMR-INDIAB study, which puts Kerala right on top with the worst overall indicators for long-term morbidity and mortality due to non-communicable diseases, has undoubtedly come a cropper. Kerala has known since the mid …
The non-communicable diseases can be of long duration, and they may be a result of a combination of different factors including genetic, physiological, environmental, and behavioral Developing countries account for a high burden of non-communicable diseases and are home to a higher number of premature deaths from NCDs. While in the last decade India has introduced a few measures to …
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