If the biggest health problems in each state are tackled on priority, the chances of achieving the overall health targets set by India would be much higher.
High Rates of Non-Communicable Diseases Documented in India
High rates of diet-related non-communicable diseases have documented in India, which like South Africa is experiencing the double burden of malnutrition.
High rates of diet-related non-communicable diseases have documented in India, which like South Africa is experiencing the double burden of malnutrition.
‘The wide variations in the burden rate of leading diseases between the states highlight why it is necessary to understand the specific disease burden trend in each state.’
If the biggest health problems and risks in each state are tackled on priority, the chances of achieving the overall health targets set by India would be much higher than with a more generic approach not based on the disease burden trends in each state. The contribution of most of the major non-communicable disease groups to the total disease burden has increased all over India since 1990, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, mental health and neurological disorders, cancers, musculoskeletal disorders, and chronic kidney disease. In 2016, three of the five leading individual causes of disease burden in India were non-communicable, with ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as the top two causes and stroke as the fifth leading cause.
India has been going through a major epidemiological transition over the past 25 years. The burden of premature death and health loss due to non-infectious conditions such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, chronic obstructive lung disease and road traffic has increased massively, and the burden due to lower respiratory infections, tuberculosis, diarrhea and neonatal disorders still remains unacceptably high.
Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Illness on the Rise in the Middle East
The most common mental conditions are depression and anxiety, which has significantly increased in the Eastern Mediterranean region, showing that their future health is in danger.
The most common mental conditions are depression and anxiety, which has significantly increased in the Eastern Mediterranean region, showing that their future health is in danger.
Source-Medindia
Lupus To Be Listed With Non-Communicable Diseases: AIIMS
AIIMS sought inclusion of lupus - a chronic autoimmune disease - in the Health Ministry's list of Non-Communicable Diseases.
AIIMS sought inclusion of lupus - a chronic autoimmune disease - in the Health Ministry's list of Non-Communicable Diseases.
Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases on the Rise
Practo's 2016 Healthcare Map shows increase in patients visiting specialists due to growing concerns over chronic ailments like respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases.
Practo's 2016 Healthcare Map shows increase in patients visiting specialists due to growing concerns over chronic ailments like respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases.
