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Non communicable Diseases

noncommunicable disease (NCD) is a disease that is not transmissible directly from one person to another. NCDs include Parkinson’s disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, most heart diseases, most cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, cataracts, and others.

The causes the Afghans die of: The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) report 2019

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2019 report has released and published in the Lancet journal. Generally, it shows that Afghanistan has made progress in control of infectious diseases and that lesser Afghans die of it. Still most of Afghans die of non communicable disease such as Ischemic Heart Disease, stoke and chronic kidney disease. You can find Afghanistan specific data on the Afghanistan page.