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Be innovative to win the war against lifestyle diseases
Thursday 14 April 2022
A patient undergoes a blood pressure test. FILE PHOTO | NMG
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- NCDs kill more than 41 million people each year, including 15 million who die prematurely before the age of 70.
- More than three out of four NCD deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, and most are preventable.
- NCDs were responsible for approximately 39% of deaths in our country in 2020, compared to 27% in 2014.
While the Covid-19 pandemic still dominates local and global discourse, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have exacted a seemingly inexorable toll on health care around the world.