Chronic and noncommunicable diseases

Elderly being tested for hypertension
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Elderly being tested for hypertension

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory diseases are leading global causes of death, causing more deaths than all other causes combined.

NCDs and poverty create a vicious cycle whereby poverty exposes people to behaviour risk factors for NCDs, and, in turn, the resulting NCDs may become an important driver of poverty due to the direct and indirect costs of NCDs.

General information

Latest news and press releases

Partners and links

National Geriatric Hospital

National Heart Insitute

National Hospital of Endocrinology

National Cancer Hospital

National Psychiatric Hospital No1

Publications and documents

Global status report on noncommunicable diseases (2010)

Highlighted publications

World health statistics 2013
  • World Health Statistics 2013
    World Health Statistics 2013 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets.
Global report on the status of road safety 2013
  • Global status report on road safety 2013
    The Global status report on road safety 2013 presents information on road safety from 182 countries, accounting for almost 99% of the world’s population. The report indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths remains unacceptably high at 1.24 million per year.
  • Atlas of health and climate
    The Atlas of health and climate is a product of this unique collaboration between the meteorological and public health communities. It provides sound scientific information on the connections between weather and climate and major health challenges.
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