Officials of the Ministry of health of the nation, and the regional adviser on chronic diseases of the Pan-American Organization of health (PAHO), Alberto Barceló, agreed that “both at the global level, and the Argentina, chronic diseases are an epidemic”, at the time who expressed that “obesity and cardiovascular disease are the greatest concern”.
“More than 50 percent of Argentines have excess weight, and although it is a trend at the global level, we can spare no efforts in the prevention of these disorders that cause thousands of deaths”, said the Undersecretary of regulation and control of the national health portfolio, Andrés Leibovich. The official thus opened the X Congress of the Argentina Federation of General and family medicine between today and tomorrow carried out in the Faculty of medical sciences of La Plata, with the assistance of medical professionals from the first level of care, medical students and staff health.
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Leibovich claimed that”non-communicable chronic diseases pose a very strong problem from epidemiological, social, and economic point of view as they primarily affect low-income people”, he said after recalling that the impact of these diseases will be a central theme of the forthcoming Summit of Presidents of the United Nations, which will take place next week in New York”.
The opening ceremony of the Congress was attended also the President of the Federation of Argentina family medicine and General (FAMFYG), Sandra Freirel, head of the Directorate of primary health care in the province of Buenos Aires, Liliana Fisquel, Secretary of institutional relations of the academic unit, July Hijano and Federico Branz, Chairman of the Committe of the meeting.
In the same vein, Barceló considered that “the unusual increase in the occurrence of these diseases is reaching epidemic levels globally and Latin America, especially in the countries of medium- and lower-income”, stated.
The expert considered that that reality was due “to the increase in the risk factors such as the increase in the consumption of food hypercaloric, the decline in physical activity and the consequent increase in obesity, what makes appearing most frequently diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular”.
With respect to the incidence of chronic diseases in the Argentina, Barceló argued that “the national survey of risk factors – by the Ministry of health of the nation in 2009-, indicates that diseases such as diabetes and hypertension was increased in recent years, at the time that recommended”increased physical activity and healthy eating”””, the decrease in smoking, reducing alcohol consumption as strategies to prevent these conditions”.
Barceló believed that “the Ministry of health of the Argentina recently did important work in the prevention of chronic diseases, and is focusing on salt reduction and improvement in the care of persons suffering from these diseases”.
As, Sebastián Laspiur, national health promotion and Control of noncommunicable diseases director pointed out that “the National Ministry of health is actively participating in the Congress, doing a training course aimed at the heads of residents from across the country in relation to tackling chronic diseases in health care, reaffirming the motto that today brings us together linked social diseases determinants are a growing challenge”.
At the meeting, during which medical residents are also evaluated for the degree of specialization of general medical practitioner who gives the FAMFYG with the guarantee of the health portfolio, the Ministry of health of the national will present technical for health professionals material such as type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular risk management national clinical practice guidelines.
