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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. NCDs may be chronic or acute.
The CDC also works on non-communicable diseases, including chronic diseases caused by obesity, physical inactivity and tobacco-use. [73] The work of the Division for Cancer Prevention and Control, led from 2010 by Lisa C. Richardson, is also within this remit. [74] [75]
This first table gives a convenient overview of the general categories and broad causes. The leading cause is cardiovascular disease at 31.59% of all deaths. Rate of death by cause. Percent of all deaths. Category. Cause. Percent. Percent. I. Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional disorders.
This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal ...
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". [1][2] Analyzing the determinants of health of a population and the threats it faces is the basis for public health. [3]
The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases was established by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2013. It was the successor to the United Nations Ad Hoc Interagency Task Force on Tobacco Control that had been in existence since 1999. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), often known as ...
A non-communicable disease is a medical condition or disease that is non-transmissible. [34] Non-communicable diseases cannot be spread directly from one person to another. Heart disease and cancer are examples of non-communicable diseases in humans.
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by measles virus. [ 3 ][ 5 ][ 11 ][ 12 ][ 13 ] Symptoms usually develop 10–12 days after exposure to an infected person and last 7–10 days. [ 7 ][ 8 ] Initial symptoms typically include fever, often greater than 40 °C (104 °F), cough, runny nose, and inflamed ...