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16 stories for “Non-Communicable Diseases”
Clear filtersAccording to WHO's Global Health Estimates, India's life expectancy at birth was 71 years in 2023, above Pakistan (68.2) but below Bangladesh (72.7). It had dropped from 70.5 years in 2019 to 68.1 in 2021 before recoveri...
IntroductionIn a landmark public health intervention, the Supreme Court of India on 18 August 2026 directed 19 States and Union Territories (UTs) to declare cancer a 'notifiable disease' to ensure early epidemiological d...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive expansion of state-sponsored preventive healthcare, Health Minister K.G. Arunraj strictly and officially announced the forceful expansion of the Kalaignar Centenary M...
Sub-National Public Health Infrastructure: Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance Network Reaches Doorsteps to Mitigate Chronic Healthcare ShocksIn a major milestone re-defining localized public health delivery grids acro...
Clinical Neurology and Public Health: WHO Outlines Universal Action Plan as Annual Global Stroke Cases Hit 12 MillionIn a historic paradigm shift for global non-communicable disease (NCD) governance, the 79th World Healt...
Preventive Healthcare Alignment: National Mission Shifts Focus from Curative Protocols to Nutritional SecurityIn a major inter-disciplinary policy convergence targeting rural health metrics, the Indian Council of Medical...
Public Health Informatics: World Hypertension League Deploys Global Screening Campaigns Targeting Non-Communicable DiseasesObserved internationally to counter the rising global epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs...
Frontline Labour Protection: Free Clinical Screenings Mandated for Factory Cadres Aged 40 and AboveIn a significant expansion of industrial social security and occupational safety nets, the Union Ministry of Labour and E...
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released guidelines for Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) 2.0. RBSK is a child health screening programme under the National Health Mission that covers children from bi...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released the 'Household Social Consumption: Health' survey conducted under the 80th round of the National Sample Survey (NSS).Illness: About 13.1% of pe...
NSS 80th Round Health Survey: A Snapshot of India’s Healthcare Transition The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released the findings of the 80th round of the National Sample Survey (NSS), t...
The Partnership for Healthy Cities (PHC) Summit 2026, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, brought together officials from 55 cities and renewed the worldwide commitment to cutting disease. PHC is a network of 74 cities focus...
