The addition of many new diseases or disease-groups and new health initiatives have prompted the Central government to widen and rename its programme for control and prevention of non-communicable diseases. In its communication, the Ministry said that since there has been an addition of diseases to the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke, …
The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the dangers of communicable and infectious diseases to the limelight all across the world. A 2017 study report titled “India: Health of the Nation’s States", which mapped the state-level disease burden in Indian states broached this subject. Top SHOWSHA Video Another piece of tough news regarding NCDs, which is typically present in …