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Story Publication logo November 11, 2013

Documenting Non-communicable Diseases in India

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Reasons and Effects of the Increase of Non-communicable Diseases (NCD’s) in India
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Non-communicable diseases cause 63 percent of deaths worldwide. In India, diabetes, heart attacks...

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Photographs documenting interviews at the Indian Council of Medical Research, a government organization that specializes in non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Researchers there and at other centers report on the difficulty collecting data and the lack of high-quality community-based studies.

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