Mounting Public Health Emergency

Despite abundance of knowledge about healthcare and regardless of too much hype about people becoming health conscious, the facts on the ground speak the contrary. It is too worrying that numbers reflect an epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). There is a surge in diabetes, cancer, heart related problems. It is one big cause of concern, and if not addressed in all its detail, it can result in a crisis that will, with time, turn completely unmanageable. So before that stage is reached, we a window of time to face the challenge squarely and find a way........

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