At over 62%, Karnataka’s burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) has surpassed the burden due to communicable and infectious diseases since 2000. According to clinical data from district hospitals, taluk hospitals, and community health centres collated under the National Health Mission’s National Programme for prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) in Karnataka, NCD burden has been on a steady rise in people aged above 30.
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Characterised by common risk factors, NCDs are also known as chronic diseases or lifestyle-related disorders. Screening under NPCDCS at the district level was launched in 2017 across the country by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. In May this year, the programme was renamed as National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD) as more diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic kidney disease.
