Among NCDs is diabetes, which is likely to afflict 8.75 million people by 2040 and requires urgent government intervention
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) — diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and cancer — are an escalating public health crisis in South Africa. The statistics speak for themselves.
NCDs accounted for the largest percentage of deaths in the country, according to the 2020 Statistics South Africa’s Mortality and Causes of Death in South Africa report, released in…
