Globally, chronic diseases outpace other illnesses
As the name implies, communicable diseases (or infectious disease) are those that pass from person to person, or animal/insect to person. Examples are tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria or the common cold. A NONcommunicable disease isn’t transmitted in this way, and may result from lifestyle choices, heredity, environmental conditions or other factors.
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