{"id":110210,"date":"2021-06-03T10:06:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T04:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=110210"},"modified":"2021-06-03T11:53:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T06:23:18","slug":"twin-challenge-of-covid-19-pandemic-and-non-communicable-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/twin-challenge-of-covid-19-pandemic-and-non-communicable-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin challenge of COVID-19 Pandemic and Non-communicable diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis \u2013<\/strong> There is a correlation between <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/non-communicable-diseases-top-killers-in-south-east-asia-who\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Non-Communicable Diseases<\/a> [NCD] mortality rates and COVID-19 case fatalities. Government should focus on reducing the impact of Non-Communicable Diseases(NCD).<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Introduction-<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Studies showed that over <strong>70 per cent of mortalities associated with COVID are due to underlying non-communicable diseases (NCD)<\/strong> like diabetes, cardiovascular ailments, and cancer.<\/li>\n<li>Prevention and control of NCDs have played a crucial role in the COVID-19 response.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For example-<\/strong> India&#8217;s previous efforts to minimize NCD-related deaths have resulted in lower Covid-19 case fatality rates.<\/li>\n<li>At 1.16 percent, India&#8217;s COVID case fatality rate is approximately half that of the world average of 2.17 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Every 10% reduction in the underlying NCD mortality rate results in a 20% reduction in COVID fatality rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>What is India\u2019s NCD strategy?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>India developed a multi-sector NCD action plan to reduce the number of global premature deaths from NCDs by 25% by 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major initiatives-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Strengthening health care system<\/strong>&#8211;\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat scheme <\/strong>\u2013 The government would invest around Rs 64,000 crore in rural and urban health and wellness Centers [HWC] as part of this programme.<\/li>\n<li>Around 1,20,000 PHCs being converted into HWCs to provide primary care for NCD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Providing financial protection<\/strong> &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PM\u2019s health insurance scheme \u2013<\/strong> The initiative covers 100 million of the most vulnerable population. It reduces out-of-pocket expenditures on health by expanding the scope of primary healthcare to include screening and diagnosis of NCD like CVD, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To address household air pollution \u2013<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pradhan-mantri-ujjwala-yojanapmuy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PM Ujjwala Yojana<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; The use of LPG instead of polluting wood in 90 million households has reduced the risk of the chronic lung diseases and cancer that women were exposed to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Suggestions to tackle the twin challenges of the COVID pandemic and NCD morbidities<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring universal access to screening for NCDs.<\/li>\n<li>Using Artificial Intelligence with telemedicine to continue healthcare for NCD patients during lockdown.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Need to put focus on enhancing care policies for prevention and treatment,<\/strong> particularly in low- and middle-income countries to meet their UN SDGs to reduce NCD mortality by a third by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Way forward-<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Achieving the SDG target by reducing one-third of premature mortalities due to NCD will make India more resilient to future viral pandemics. Thus, India must strengthen its health infrastructure through the Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat programme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source- <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/india-covid-situation-second-corona-deaths-noncommunicable-diseases-ayushman-bharat-7340183\/\">The Indian Express<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis \u2013 There is a correlation between Non-Communicable Diseases [NCD] mortality rates and COVID-19 case fatalities. Government should focus on reducing the impact of Non-Communicable Diseases(NCD). Introduction- Studies showed that over 70 per cent of mortalities associated with COVID are due to underlying non-communicable diseases (NCD) like diabetes, cardiovascular ailments, and cancer. Prevention and control&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/twin-challenge-of-covid-19-pandemic-and-non-communicable-diseases\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twin challenge of COVID-19 Pandemic and Non-communicable diseases<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310,9],"tags":[1289],"class_list":["post-110210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-public","tag-soc_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700336873},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}