Common Diseases in Our Communities There is no day that I'll regret ever attending any meeting at Open Dreams Centre Yaounde (www.open-dreams.org ) Today, the 23rd of January 2020 was yet another interesting encounter with Dr. Jacqueline Shaka . Who presented on the Common Diseases in our Communities. I learnt a lot of health principles and interesting facts. The lessons were divided into two classes of Common Diseases; NCDs and STDs. Non-communicable Diseases ( NCDs) are diseases that are not transmitted through sexual contact. Examples include Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes etc. These are the most common diseases in our Cameroonian society. Secondly, Sexually Transmitted Diseases ( STD) which are gotten through Sexual encounter with an infected person like HIV /AIDS I didn't really know much about Diabetes, Hypertension and Obesity until I attended this meeting and went searching for more informati...
