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"Being able to showcase our product at such a big #tech event, #NPC2018, is a great opportunity that we have got by being part of the NASSCOM 10,000 Startups program. The day has been going great with lots of useful interactions and lead generation." - Milind Naik, CEO, Vitor.
Ayushman Bharat: will it enable access to quality healthcare to one and all, is something we'll simply have to wait and see for ourselves. #HealthForAll
Without knowing you, I could guess with near certainty that you or a loved one have been affected by a non-communicable disease, be it #cancer, #heartdisease, #diabetes or #mentalillness. #NCDs cause 70% of deaths each year. This is how governments can step up:
Studies have revealed that women in the Caribbean have higher rates of obesity in terms of BMI compared to men. @CARPHA1@PAHOCaribbean@FAO https://t.co/BzBctYxJiW
In September India was awarded with the UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) Award in two separate categories for their contribution towards the prevention and control of NCDs. https://t.co/XRiuHorICa
A blood test conducted around the 10th week of pregnancy may help identify women at risk of gestational diabetes, according @SciReports. #fetalgrowthstudy @NICHD_NIH https://t.co/cyd87u5s17
The most comprehensive health study ever conducted in Indonesia has found that diabetes has become the top cause of health loss, while providing critical insights gearing up for universal health coverage next year. @IHME_UW@TheLancet https://t.co/DDeghYS1Pj
Rising diabetes cases in Saudi Arabia result in 5,000 foot amputations annually according to statistics released by the @IntDiabetesFed. @SSEMt https://t.co/6yPO1zLIk0
In 2017 90.1% of Egyptians were shown to not eat healthy food and consume less than five meals per day. In addition, 79.1% of the population does not exercise and 35.7% suffer from obesity. @WHO@Gadosk@GAD_Network https://t.co/0gU8zu5Z99
The Government of Uganda has changed its health intervention strategy to focus more on health promotion and disease prevention rather than curative measures to fight the increase of NCDs. https://t.co/7AvKMExeMZ
People with diabetes are more likely to develop certain cancers than those without the condition, and a new analysis suggests that the increased risk is greater for women than for men. @georgeinstitute@DiabetologiaJnl@SitemanCenter https://t.co/lZ8nog1n01
NCDs account for 80% of healthcare costs in Switzerland, with cardiovascular diseases being the most expensive, according to the first study to look at direct treatment costs of NCDs. The study, published in the European Journal of Health Economics,... https://t.co/MxJyLAZogu
ADB said that over the past decade NCDs "have grown exponentially and are now the leading causes of death in most countries in the Asia-Pacific region with 71 percent of all deaths globally due to NCDs." https://t.co/jfqhBjd2Hw https://t.co/jfqhBjd2Hw
Prevention and control of NCDs is high on the agenda of the Iranian Ministry of Health. NCDs are the most serious health conditions worldwide, their prevalence and the economic costs they incur on each nation, controlling them must be a high priority. https://t.co/3veVIt8OHx
Services to help obese and diabetic patients in Dubai are being expanded to keep up with demand. The Dubai Diabetes Centre treated close to 1,000 new patients in 2017 and, as a result, is expanding its services to include a specialist obesity clinic. https://t.co/gwJmasVyUF
Tackling the NCD burden among Syrian refugees poses a challenge to humanitarian actors and host countries. To provide evidence for NCD intervention planning, a cross-sectional survey among non-camp Syrian refugees in northern Jordan was conducted. https://t.co/5L6WyqfiUo