NCDs Matter: Decoding India's Silent Epidemic
‘NCDs Matter: Decoding India's Silent Epidemic’ is produced by REACH, an India-based non-profit that works towards providing holistic care to people living with tuberculosis (TB) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This six-episode mini-podcast series spotlights major NCDs in India, such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory conditions, and mental health. Each episode features a leading public health expert discussing these critical NCDs, their risk factors, and preventive measures, alongside personal narratives from individuals living with these conditions, offering unique perspectives and experiences. Learn more about our work here. Website: https://reachindia.org.in/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/SpeakTB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SPEAKTB Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/REACHSpeakTB
Episodes
This final episode is about one of the most dreaded diseases, Cancer. About 1.4 million people are diagnosed with cancer every year in India. We speak with Dr Nikita Mehra, a medical oncologist who works with Cancer Institute in Adyar, Chennai, a pioneering cancer institute in India. We also talk to Alaknanda Dasgupta, a resident of Gurgaon who is a Cancer survivor and advocate.
This podcast is produced by REACH India, an Ind...
In this episode of NCDs Matter: Decoding India's Silent Epidemic, we speak about one of the commonest diseases in India, hypertension. Nearly 20 crore people in India have hypertension.
In this episode, we speak with Dr Prabhdeep Kaur who was the technical lead of the India Hypertension Control Initiative, which was launched to strengthen the hypertension component of the National NCD programme at the primary health care leve...
In this episode, we speak about mental health with one of the leading mental health experts in the country, Dr Thara Rangaswamy. Dr Thara is a practising psychiatrist and co-founder of Schizophrenia Research Foundation or SCARF. She gives an overview of the mental health problem in the country, various risk factors and what public health measures can help handle mental health in India better. We also speak to Geetha fr...
What are chronic respiratory diseases and why should we be worried about them? India has the maximum number of people living with chronic respiratory diseases including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD, Asthma, and others.
To understand more about Chronic Respiratory Diseases, we speak to Dr Sundeep Salvi, the director of Pulmocare Research and Education (PURE) Foundation in Pune, India. He h...
India has the world's second highest number of people with diabetes - 74.9 million in 2021, according to the International Diabetes Atlas 2021.
In this episode of NCDs Matter: Decoding India's Silent Epidemic, we do a deep dive on Diabetes. Our public health expert for this episode is Dr RM Anjana, Managing Director of Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre and President of Madras Diabetes Research Found...
This is the first episode of ‘NCDs Matter: Decoding India's Silent Epidemic.’ We give an overview of the problems of non-communicable diseases in India, including its epidemiology, risk factors, prevention strategies and management from the public health perspective.
In this episode, we hear from Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chairperson of the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, former Chief Scientist at the Wo...
Get ready for 'NCDs Matter: Decoding India's Silent Epidemic,' a powerful six-episode mini-podcast series produced by REACH. We dive into India's most pressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory conditions, and mental health. With insights from top public health experts and real-life stories from individuals living with NCDs, this series sheds light on preventi...
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