Life style related disease is on high- WHO
May 22, 2008
As per the reports unconfined by World Health Organization, WHO, highlighted the burden of life-style disease that is shifting from infectious disease to non-communicable diseases.
The report placed heart disease and stroke as major reason of death globally while infectious diseases like diarrhea, HIV, tuberculosis, neonatal infections and malaria will take a backseat and are least probable to be the major cause of death in coming 20 years.
The statement is issued on data gathered from WHO’s 193 member nation for a set of 73 health indicators in countries around the world.
“We are definitely seeing a trend towards fewer people dying of infectious diseases across the world,” said Dr Ties Boerma,
“We tend to associate developing countries with infectious diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. But in more and more countries the chief causes of death are non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease and stroke,” Boerma said.
This report comprises of all the detail includes levels of death in children and adults, patterns of morbidity and burden of disease, incidence of risk factors such as smoking and alcohol consumption, use of health care, ease of use of health care workers, and health care financing.
In addition, the report also draws attention to vital issues in global health like maternal mortality, Life expectancy, Health care cost, Coverage of key maternal, neonatal and child health interventions.
Reuters
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