Showing posts with label non communicable disease. Show all posts
Showing posts with label non communicable disease. Show all posts

Thursday, May 5, 2011

At India's insistence, mental health included as non-communicable disease

India achieved a major success on the global platform by pushing for inclusion of mental health in the list of non-communicable diseases. India fought alone to get mental disorders included in the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) list at the just-concluded first Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Non-communicable Disease Control in Moscow.