About 60 000 South Africans die in a year from diseases that are not caused by tuberculosis or HIV before they turn 70, and about a fifth of these are from diabetes
While progress has been made in some sectors, there are critical gaps in the healthcare infrastructure
Among NCDs is diabetes, which is likely to afflict 8.75 million people by 2040 and requires urgent government intervention
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Many diabetics are dependent on expensive blood sugar testing strips to stay alive. Most in South Africa can’t afford it.
Having a chronic illness can raise your risk of depression. For diabetics, the blood sugar high and lows of everyday life take an extra toll.
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Drinking four glasses of wine a day can increase your chances of getting breast cancer by about 50%.
Noncommunicable diseases account for millions of deaths a year.
Our obese nation could be slimmed down and help limit chronic diseases such heart attacks, strokes and diabetes.
Major studies have established a link between a high sugar intake and coronary heart disease.
People who smoke and drink too much, don’t exercise and eat unhealthily are likely to suffer from non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease.
Successes in the battle against infectious diseases are offset by chronic, noncommunicable illnesses.
Government has raised concerns that the health system may buckle under the pressure of both HIV and non-communicable diseases – a dual epidemic.
New reports have revealed the cost of non-communicable diseases in Africa, estimating that they cause economic losses of nearly $500-billion a year.
With the severe effects of the habit on the unborn child now widely known, why do pregnant mothers refuse to give up?
World Health report says non-communicable diseases are the ‘leading threats to human health’. Belinda Beresford reports.
