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A non-communicable disease (NCD) is a disease that is not transmissible directly from one person to another. NCDs include Parkinson's disease , autoimmune diseases , strokes , heart diseases , cancers , diabetes , chronic kidney disease , osteoarthritis , osteoporosis , Alzheimer's disease , cataracts , and others.
To advocate for whole-of-government, whole-of-society action and provide context-specific technical assistance to support national action and capacity building to attain the NCD-related SDG targets. To mobilize political, financial and technical resources to support governments, the UN and other development partners in building strong ...
The NCD development process generally takes 6–9 months, depending on the need for external technology assessments or coverage advisory committee reviews. For NCD requests that do not require these assessments/reviews, the entire NCD decision will be made no more than 6 months after the date the request is received.
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In 1978, NCD was created under the original name of the National Council on the Handicapped. It was set up as an advisory body to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by the Comprehensive Services and Disability Amendments Act of 1978 as an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 780 et seq.).
As part of the commission's mandate in consistent with the Act establishing the National Commission on Disabilities (NCD) by the 51st National Legislature of the Republic of Liberia in November 2005, NCD was established to have jurisdiction over matters involving and appertaining to the welfare and wellbeing of PWDs including but not limited to carrying out empowerment through Capacity ...
A major cold blast is in store for more than 30 states as a widespread arctic air outbreak will send nearly every American east of the Rockies into a deep freeze. This will be due to a polar ...
Where will Brood XIV cicadas emerge? Known as the "Great(er) Eastern Brood," this group is historically found in areas of north Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, southern Indiana and Ohio, North ...