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DHS Maharashtra and PHFI announce partnership for prevention of NCDs
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] Nov 08 (ANI/NewsVoir): India is currently faced with the triple burden of communicable, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries.
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Obesity aggravates major leading causes of death, but risks are different
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 27 (ANI): A new study reveals that people suffering from obesity have a greater risk of death from non-communicable diseases, but the risk of certain diseases differs for men and women.
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Vice President Naidu inaugurates IANCON 2019 in Hyderabad
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct 04 (ANI): Expressing that changing habits and sedentary lifestyles are a big cause of concern among Indians, Vice-President of M Venkaiah Naidu has highlighted the fact that nearly 55 per cent of all deaths in the last two decades were due to non-communi
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Mangaluru: Locals forced to abandon houses after dumping yard collapses
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): After incessant rains, waste materials from Pachanady dumping yard here has spilled on to agricultural land near the residential areas forcing locals to abandon their homes due to foul smell and the fear of contracting communicable diseases.
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Adopt schools, counsel students on preventive healthcare: Vice Prez to med
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 14 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called upon medical fraternity to adopt schools in their respective neighbourhood and counsel the students about preventive healthcare.
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Project PaTHWays : a partnership to improve NCD care implemented in Karnat
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
India is currently faced with the triple burden of communicable, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries. According to the World Health Organization, NCDs in India have huge negative implications on the health and development of the nation.
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Chicken Pox spreads like wild fire at Gorakhpur village
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Several cases of Chicken-pox have been reported at Jharwa village in Gorakhpur with elders, youngster and children falling prey to the communicable disease. Death of a child has also been reported a couple of days back however, the officials cl
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Eat more dietary fibre to lower risk of non-communicable diseases
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): Here's another reason why you should increase your consumption of dietary fibre!
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World Diabetes Day: Importance of managing the disease
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): India is currently staring at a high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Of all these, diabetes, perhaps poses the biggest risk.
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79 percent school girls at risk of cardiovascular issues
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): According to a recent study, about 79 percent of school girls are on the brink of developing potential health risks, which include cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases.
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Conrad Sangma urges doctors for collective approach to healthcare in Megha
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], July 25 (NewsVoir): With the rising burden of non-communicable Diseases in the North-east Region and Meghalaya (Global Burden of Disease 2016), the Public Health Foundation of with the support of Ministry of DONER organised specialised Training Programmes for
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AXA, PHFI announce partnership to reduce burden on NCDs
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (NewsVoir): India is currently faced with the dual burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), causing damaging effects to the health and development of the country.
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