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Non-communicable diseases have surpassed the Covid-19 pandemic as the leading cause of death in SA.

in South Africa. That’s according to Deputy Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla, who was speaking in Pretoria, on the urgent need to avert deaths from preventable diseases.

Phaahla says lifestyle-related diseases are preventable through a healthy living campaign. He has urged South Africans to exercise regularly and to avoid the excessive consumption of alcohol and tobacco.

 

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