Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
At the end of April 2010, a couple of weeks before the WHO announced a major 2011 U.N. summit on Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), I left Merck to start Arogya World, a U.S.-based non-profit with a bold mission -- to change the course of chronic disease. This was the beginning of a very personal journey for me, and the expression of a heartfelt desire to gather like-minded people and make a meaningful contribution to global health.
At the core of our work is compelling science. According to the WHO , 80% of heart disease, 80% of diabetes and 40% of cancers can be prevented by increasing physical activity, healthy eating and avoiding tobacco.
http://www.wthitv.com/dpps/healthy_...indias-ticking-time-bomb_4762058#.UHlwoMXA-Ag
At the core of our work is compelling science. According to the WHO , 80% of heart disease, 80% of diabetes and 40% of cancers can be prevented by increasing physical activity, healthy eating and avoiding tobacco.
http://www.wthitv.com/dpps/healthy_...indias-ticking-time-bomb_4762058#.UHlwoMXA-Ag