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Operational guidelines launched for integration of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with NPCDCS
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Last Updated: Feb 22, 2021, 04:42 PM IST
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Synopsis Over the last two decades global burden of NASH has more than doubled. Globally, NASH caused 40 lakh prevalent cases of compensated cirrhosis in 1990, which increased to 94 lakh cases in 2017. NAFLD is emerging as an important cause of liver disease in India, Vardhan was quoted as saying in a Health Ministry statement.
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Researchers have found NAFLD in 40 to 80 per cent of people who have type 2 diabetes and in 30 to 90 per cent of people who are obese, he said.
Underscoring the importance of tackling NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) as a step to deal with the country s burden of non-communicable diseases, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday launched the operational guidelines for Integration of NAFLD with NPCDCS (National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disea