Non-Communicable Diseases: The Commonwealth Shines a Light on the World's Biggest Killer

Learn more on: http://www.thecommonwealth.org

Did you know that Non communicable diseases, or NCDs, are the world's biggest killer? NCDs are diseases like heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma and diabetes. These diseases are consequences of your lifestyle and the environment you live in. Young people are hit hard by NCDs because lifestyle habits are often adopted at this stage of life and frequently remain well into adulthood.

If we act now we can change lives forever.

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[3m1nc6nn]

@DusDavid DusDavid naar wat kijk jij allemaal lol

[DusDavid]

well this is true.. i lost many family members on these NCD's, and i can only imagine how terrible it would be in the third world countries.. good video, great initiative, it should get seen a lot more!

[weareitgirl]

Important stuff.. Shared and Liked on Facebook. Hope that gets me into the lucky 25% with some luck..

[sparvel]

..continued: While often referred to as "chronic diseases", NCDs are distinguished by their non-infectious cause. In contrast, some chronic diseases such as HIV/AIDS, while also lasting medical conditions, are caused by transmissible infections. They are similar in that they also require chronic care management.

[sparvel]

From Wikipedia for those of you who wonder what NCD's are, as you can see there's a lot of diseases included: A non-communicable disease, or NCD, is a medical condition or disease which is non-infectious. NCDs are diseases of long duration and generally slow progression. They include heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and more.

[moftan]

@musayahya

Yeah, I didn't think THAT many people died from these things.. Scary.. Good someone is doing something about it..

[Evilitself01]

very important matter..., everybody should see this

[musayahya]

NCDs kill 35 million a year

[TheToomas777]

никуя не понял xD

[DewaKaila2004]

fight against NCDs..