BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Kanak Kanti Barua at a press briefing on Thursday said NCDs are rising in Bangladesh. The conference is aimed at developing a “strong platform and strengthening research collaborations” between clinicians and public health researchers in Bangladesh. NCDs – mainly cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes – account for 68 percent of global mortality, or two out of every three deaths. Global experts suggest a holistic approach to prevent NCDs, including a wider policy net of binding laws and regulations to address these lifestyle-related diseases. Acting Executive Director of icddr,b Syed Monjurul Islam said the onus of speaking out on did not lie with the health research organisation but with NGOs instead.

Source: bd News24 October 17, 2019 09:33 UTC