Socioeconomic Impact Of Non-Communicable Diseases

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – the main four being Cardiovascular diseases, Cancers, Chronic respiratory diseases, and Diabetes- are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. NCDs place a significant burden on the population health and on the economic and social development.

NCDs can cause a threat on the progress towards the 2030 agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); specifically, target 3.4 of the SDGs, which calls for a one-third reduction in the premature mortality due to NCDs by 2030.

Additionally, the economic burden of NCDs threaten the achievement of other SDGs, particularly reducing poverty, inequalities, and hunger, as well as access to quality education and gender equality.

Impact of Non-Communicable Diseases

NCDs have a devastating and long-lasting impact on one's financial security and on the national economic growth.In Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), NCDs often affect the people during their most productive years (30-69 years).

More than three-quarters of the global NCD deaths, i.e. 31.4 million, occur in LMICs. Consequently, when individuals with NCDs face tremendous healthcare costs and a restricted ability to work, their households struggle with increased financial risk.

As a result, these high healthcare expenses and reduced productivity strain the developing economies and stifle…