In Zambia, the most common NCDs in the country include chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes mellitus (type II), cancers, epilepsy, mental illnesses, oral diseases, eye diseases and sickle cell anaemia.
•recent research has shown that 24 per cent of men smoke and more than a third of men had hypertension.
•In the recent past several people have suffered attacks from some non-communicable diseases while at their workplaces.
•With the change of lifestyle and the adoption of bad eating habits a large number of people in society have been affected with diseases like hypertension, diabetes and many others.