' + activeFrame.title + ' '); $(".fotorama-caption").addClass("add_caption"); $(".fotorama-caption").removeClass("remove_caption"); } else { // alert("hide div"); $(".fotorama-caption").addClass("remove_caption"); $(".fotorama-caption").removeClass("add_caption"); } }) .fotorama(); NCDs, COVID-19 and the way forward NCD Corner richardsai@jamaicaobserver.com WITH global attention, at least over the past 15 months, focused on the response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, other health issues have seemingly taken a back seat. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which accounts for seven of the world's top 10 causes of deaths and kills approximately 41 million people annually — an estimated 71 per cent of all deaths globally — is one area that must remain at the forefront. Locally, NCDs, which include cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases, account for about 70 per cent of deaths.