MMI Get To Know This: Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) aims to raise awareness by including a wide spectrum of topics relating to NCDs. The NCDs have often been termed as a silent global epidemic and account for approximately 60%, or 35 million deaths globally where 80% of these deaths occur in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC), and the NCDs burden is expected to increase by 17% in the next decade globally.
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic where information and updates of COVID-19 and infectious diseases have saturated every piece of health-related news, it is timely to remind everyone that COVID-19 is not the only disease we are all fighting against.
The four main topics that would be covered include hypertension, cervical cancer, smoking addiction & cessation and last but not least, NCDs and COVID-19.
These topics will be conveyed via the form of articles and infographics and will be published on our MMI Malaysia’s Facebook and Instagram pages and also news outlets so stay tuned!