02 Oct 2020
Primary Care International
Ensuring access to NCD services: spotlight on the key role of primary care
People living with chronic diseases – otherwise known as Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) – are at greater risk of becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19. The confluence of these two pandemics – the ‘slow-motion pandemic of NCDs’ – has created a dangerous double burden of disease.
02 Oct 2020