Facing Forward
71% of global deathsare from NCDs like cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes.
41 millionpeople die a year from non-communicable diseases.
The NCD epidemicis rooted in disparities of vulnerability, risk, access to services and health outcomes
Covid-19has exposed health inequalities around the world.
NCDs often share contributing factorssuch as a poor diet, smoking, alcohol, bad air quality and no exercise.
Equal access to healthcarecan help to better manage the global NCD epidemic.
NCDs disproportionately affectpeople in low- and middle-income countries.
Explore the series below
Understanding
NCDs
How much do you understand about NCDs, their burden on society and the available solutions?
Increasing access to care
How will greater healthcare capacity lead to better health equity and equality for people around the world?
Leading the way
How are emerging leaders at the heart of their communities shaping solutions for those living with NCDs?
Back to basics:
What are NCDs?
They are known as "the silent pandemic". They cause over 41 millions deaths a year. They disproportionately affect the world's poorest. But what actually are NCDs?
NCDs kill around 41 million people a year. That's 71% of all deaths globally.
Each year, more than 15 million people between the age of 30 and 69 die from an NCD.
of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.
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