Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease, initiating community based interventions for behaviour change through IEC for prevention and control of various non communicable diseases, e.g. diabetes, cardio-vascular diseases, stroke, cancers, mental heaIth, deafness etc.

The role of the Counselor in NCD prevention/ reducing their impact is three-fold: 1) Providing counseling on lifestyle management and addressing risk factors; 2) Health awareness at community level about the importance of healthy lifestyle; 3) Assisting the patient with NCD through disease counseling.

The main types of NCD are cardiovascular diseases (such as heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.