Experts raise alarm on rising childhood NCDs in Mah, call for early action
Published on: Sept. 16, 2025, 5:30 a.m. | Source: The Hitavada
“heart attacks and diabetes occur 10 years before in a patient in india than that of rest of the world,” said dr prof prashant joshi, executive director, and ceo, aiims, nagpur, while speaking at the inauguration of workshop on ‘strengthening media capacity on childhood non-communicable diseases (ncd)’, organised jointly by unicef and press information bureau (pib) in mumbai on monday. dr nipun vinayak, secretary, public health was chief guest for the programme. smita vats sharma, director general, west zon
