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 4 main types of noncommunicable diseases are cardiovascular diseases (like heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructed pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes. NCDs already disproportionately affect low- and middle-income countries where nearly three-quarters of NCD deaths – 28 million – occur.
Information from the World Health Organisation.
Professor Tom Williams
Sickle Cell
Podoconiosis
Podoconiosis research at Imperial College
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