“PAK PAK, GANERN GANERN”

1. The mother asks her

daughter not to sleep
while her hair is still wet,
else it will blind her.
 “PAK PAK, GANERN GANERN”

2.People who eat

oatmeal have healthy
hearts.
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3. Lung cancer only

affects smokers.
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4. Eating heavy meal

right before sleeping is
theorized to cause
“bangungot.”
 “PAK PAK, GANERN GANERN”

5. Taking a bath on
Friday will not make one
sick.
Debunking Myths and Fallacies
About Non-Communicable
Diseases
 MYTH
• a usually traditional story
of ostensibly historical
events that serves to unfold
part of the world view of a
people or explain a practice,
belief, or natural
phenomenon.

Myth #1: NCDs are diseases of
affluence
NCDs are drivers of, and
result from poverty. Around
80% of global deaths from
NCDs occur in the worlds’
poorest nations. While
these are also the most
populous countries in the
world, NCDs selectively
burden lower-
socioeconomic groups,
even in high-income
nations, such as Australia.
Myth #2: NCDs mainly affect More than 50% of the
older people global burden of NCDs
falls on people younger
than 70 years. So, while
the diseases are
associated with ageing,
the global burden is not
simply an outcome of
ageing populations.
Myth #3: NCDs are diseases
Many argue that
of laziness and are self- NCDs occur as a
inflicted result of poor
choices by
individuals and
parents, and should
therefore not be the
responsibility of
government or
society.
Myth #4: NCDs are too difficult
and expensive to tackle
effectively
In reality, we have cost-effective
strategies available now for stopping
the rise of NCDs. These strategies are
estimated to be able to prevent 80% of
global heart disease and diabetes.
Medications for high blood pressure
are effective and cost a mere few cents
per day, for instance, yet they remain
consistently unavailable to people
who need them most.
Myth #5: NCDs represent a health
crisis for future generations, not
our own
NCDs are often seen as a
problem society will face
in coming decades, when,
in fact, the global
community is already in
the midst of a chronic
disease epidemic, and
their mitigation is
something we cannot
afford to postpone.
 FIVE FACTS ABOUT
NCD
1. NCDs are a cause and effect of poverty
2.NCDs are a public health challenge closely
connected to social determinants.
3.NCDs are not only a health issue, but also closely
connected to factors such as nutrition and
physical activity, education, the results of urban
planning, agriculture, and trade.
4. NCDs affect men and women almost equally.
5. NCDs are the leading course of death globally.
 QUIZ TIME!
Direction: Read each statement below
carefully. Place a check ✔ on the line if
you think a statement is a fact. Place a
✖ on the line if you think the statement
is a myth.
_____ 1. All non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
cannot be prevented- they always run in families.
_____ 2. Anemia means you have low blood
pressure.
LET'S CONNECT.
_____3. Non communicable diseases mainly affect
elderly.
_____ 4. Eating gecko or lizard may cure asthma.
_____ 5. Taking a bath on Friday will not make one
sick.
THANK YOU!