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NCD stands for non-communicable diseases and includes cancer, diabetes, lung and heart diseases, as a contrary to communicable diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
Illustration: The global NCD alliance
Most NCDs are preventable, and can be prevented by:
- Quit smoking
- Drink responsibly
- Eat healthy
- Exercise
NCD is the largest killer in the world. By 2015 around 40 million deaths, amounting to 70% of all global deaths, were related to NCDs. More than 40% of these were premature, i.e. before the age of 70, and nearly 3/4 of all NCD deaths happened in developing countries.
Source: The global NCD Alliance and WHO World Health Statistics 2017