United Nations, 15 sep (EFE).-the United Nations wants to declare war on the non communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes or hypertension, and to do so next week in New York held a high-level meeting that should leave a new agenda for tackling the impact of these evils on the population.
“Will be a milestone for public health”, said to the press, the expert from the World Health Organization (who) on non-communicable diseases Ala Alwan, who assured that the next 19 and 20 September it will form the basis at the UN of a new global strategy against these diseases.
Coinciding with the week which begins public discussions of the 66 session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Agency will bring together 34 heads of State and Government, as well as 50 Ministers and many specialists in the field to design a plan for the coming years.
Alwan stressed the importance of the initiative, these diseases “leading causes of death globally” and are “problems that grow at a rapid pace, which is why the UN and the international community must act quickly to implement”a roadmap”to curb his impact.
The expert from the who said that estimated mortality from these diseases in a 17% increase over the next ten years and stressed that the greatest increase will be detected in the populations of countries in developing, mainly in Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia.
At the meeting of the next week they will try mainly measures against cancer, diabetes, heart disease and lung Chronicles.
Alwan pointed out that in 2008 the non-communicable diseases claimed the lives of 36 million people, of which more than nine million occurred in people under the age of 60 and 90 per cent in countries with low incomes or means.
The expert hopes that meeting will serve to make Governments take commitments related to the monitoring and follow-up of diseases, the reduction of the risk factors, such as the consumption of tobacco and alcohol, unhealthy diets and lack of exercise. EFE
