Webinar on Non Communicable Diseases The New Health Challenges For West Bengal

Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of adult mortality and morbidity worldwide.In India, NCDs burden is growing at an alarming rate.There are empirical studies depicting that air pollution is one of the biggest contributors for rising cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, obesity as well as with issues pertaining to digestive tract, and heart in urban India. This has come to the fore during the pandemic. The mortality rate among those suffering from NCD`s has been recorded at 60 per cent during the pandemic.These studies further highlightthat two-third Indians with non-communicable diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) & heart strokes are highly prevalent inthe age group of 26 to 59 years. Furthermore, diabetes & hypertension are more prevalent among people above 35 years of age. Lifestyle or behaviour risk is the topmost factors followed by hereditary characteristics, and rest is environmental exposure or occupational factors associated with an increase occurrence of a particular diseaseor other health conditions.

The prevalence of NCDs is quite higher than the national average in some specific regions of India including,West Bengal.

In view of above, under ILLNESS TO WELLNESS campaign, ASSOCHAM is organizing a Webinar on Non-Communicable Diseases: "The New Health Challenges For West Bengal" scheduled on Thursday, 7th October, 2021, from 3.00 PM To 4.00 PM.

• Dr. Kunal Sarkar, Senior Vice Chairman & Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, MEDICA Super Specialty Hospital, Kolkata
• Dr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Senior Consultant Endocrinologist, G.D. Hospital & Diabetes Institute, Kolkata
• Dr. Sanjoy Mandal, Senior Consultant GI Surgeon, Specializing in Onco-Surgery and Advance Laparoscopy, AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata
• Dr. Sunil Kumar Daksh, Consultant Nephrology, Narayana Group of Hospitals RTTIcs MukundpurNSH Howrah, NMH Barasat
• Dr. Rajesh Kesari, Founder and Director, Total Care Control, Delhi-NCR
• Mr. Kaushik Dutta, Founder and Co-Director, Thought Arbitrage Research Institute (TARI), New Delhi Keeping in mind the relevance of the topic ASSOCHAM, we are immensely pleased to cordially invite you to attend this highly significant and very timely webinar.