A disease which is transmitted from one person to other via contact is called communicable or contagious disease . Such diseases are caused by viruses or bacteria e.g. chicken pox , measles etc.
Diseases are frequently referred to as communicable or non-communicable. Communicable diseases comprise infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and measles, while non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are mostly chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and diabetes. That leads to the term communicable.
Communicable: can be spread through a community (contagious) Non-Communicable: not spread with contact (usually genetic)
non-communicable diseases
What is the mortality rate of communicable diseases in the Philippines?
Chronic diseases and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are often used interchangeably, but there are distinctions. Chronic diseases refer to a broad category of long-lasting health conditions, which can include both communicable diseases (like HIV/AIDS) and non-communicable diseases. Non-communicable diseases specifically refer to conditions that are not transmitted from person to person, such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Therefore, all NCDs are chronic diseases, but not all chronic diseases are non-communicable.
Communicable lung diseases would be Tuberculosis, the common cold, HiNi flu, these are contagious. Non-communicable lung diseases would be asthma, COPD, and Lung cancer.
communicable diseases
Control of Communicable Diseases Manual was created in 1915.
National Institute of Communicable Diseases was created in 1963.
Communicable diseases are diseases that pass from one human to another or from an animal to a human. Examples include impetigo, chicken pox, flu, tuberculosis and MRSA.
Yellow fever is a communicable disease.
It means diseases that are infectious.