Non-communicable disease Non-communicable disease A non-communicable disease (NCD) is a disease that is not transmissible directly from one person to another. NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, most heart diseases, most cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others. NCDs may be chronic or acute. Most are non-infectious, although there are some non-communicable infectious diseases, such as parasitic diseases in which the parasite's life cycle does not include direct host-to-host transmission. NCDs are the leading cause of death globally. In 2012, they caused 68% of all deaths (38 million) up from 60% in 2000. About half were
National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases The National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, formerly The International Centre for Infectious Disease (ICID) is a Canadian organisation set up in 2004 to collaborate resources worldwide in the fight against infectious diseases. The ICID is a non-profit charitable organisation that helps improve resources at a strategic as well as research level. Their main goals are to: The ICID was created in 2004 on the advice of a 2003 joint federal, provincial and community committee. This task force was co-chaired by Dr. Frank Plummer of the Public Health Agency of Canada and Terry Duguid