Whatever can be prevented, must be prevented.

Whatever needs to be added to strengthen, should be added.

Is it not a shame, to earn a 6 digit salary per month and catch your cancer in very late stage and die in next couple of years / lead a terrible life / be a burden to someone?

Is it a good idea to detect your heart disease only after your first major heart attack?

Are you really smart to learn the proper use ofHelmet, after you were in coma for 15 days in a hospital following an accident?

Is it wise to learn that your baby is a special child,only when all the signs become obvious?

How cruel is it to know that your buddy was suffering from mental disorder, only after he/she commits suicide.

Is it not utterly foolish, to know that you suffered from diabetes only when you bled inside your eyes?

In 2005, Non-Communicable Diseases like Cardio-Vascular Diseases, Diabetes, Cancer, Brain Stroke, Lung Diseases accounted for 53% (5,466,000) of all deaths (10,362,000).

Whereas, HIV/AIDS caused only 2% of all deaths and 6% of deaths due to all other infections in India (WHO estimation, 1998). As per current trend, by 2033, HIV could account for only 17% of all deaths and 40% of all other infections in India.

That means every case of cancer dies within (approx) 2-4 years of diagnosis.

7-9 lakhs of new cancer cases every year. 20-25 lakhs cases of cancer at any point of time in the country.

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Cardiovascular disease is the world's leading killer, accounting for 16.7 million or 29.2 per cent of total global deaths in 2003.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 60 per cent of the world's cardiac patients will be Indian by 2010.

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Severe mental disorders that include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and organic psychosis affect nearly 20 per 1000 populations.

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Close to 10 million severely mentally ill, are in India without adequate treatment.

Less than one psychiatrist available for every 3 lakhs population.

in 2001, road accidents caused 353,100 injuries and 80,262 deaths.

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Deaths due to road accidents increased in India from 40,000 in 1986 to 85,000 by 2001.

about 3% of all children --across countries, races, religions and cultures-- are 'special'.

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A few among them, like those with Down's syndrome [--or mental retardation] are easier to pick. When it comes to autism however, diagnosis gets complex, because autism spans a wide spectrum: from the barely discernible to the well-defined, with several shades in between.

In India, it was calculated that 94 persons per 1,00,000 were mentally retarded and 105 persons per 1,00,000 were mentally ill. As per 2001 census 2,263,821 mentally disabled (mentally retarded + mentally ill) people are in India.

Diabetes is a medical time bomb. It currently affects 246 million people globally. The number of people afflicted with the disease has been rising at a rate of 7 million per year. Some 380 million people are expected to suffer from the disease by 2025. Cases are being found increasingly in developing countries. (2006 - 2007 data)D

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In India, it is expected that the number of individuals with diabetes will increase over the next 20 years from 32 millions in 2000 to 81 millions in 2020.

Should we sit back, hand-in-hand and wait for the inevitable to happen?”