GLOBAL – The United Nations data represents that globally one
in three adults has high Blood Pressure (hypertension) and this
condition affects about half of adult population in Africa.
The released health data gives clear evidence of the increase in chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets changes there. World Health Organization (WHO) said in an annual report on global health that ten percent of adults worldwide have diabetes which costs them billion of dollars and puts them on the verge of severe diseases such as heart disease, kidney failure and blindness.
Most deaths occur in middle income countries. The inveterate diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer are often believed of as maladies which chiefly affect people in moneyed nations, where high fat diets, alcohol consumption and smoking are major health risks but the WHO said nearly 80% of deaths from such diseases now occur in low- and middle-income countries. WHO’s director general Margaret Chan said, “This report is further evidence of the dramatic increase in the conditions that trigger heart disease and other chronic illnesses, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, in some African countries, as much as half the adult population has high blood pressure.”
The released health data gives clear evidence of the increase in chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets changes there. World Health Organization (WHO) said in an annual report on global health that ten percent of adults worldwide have diabetes which costs them billion of dollars and puts them on the verge of severe diseases such as heart disease, kidney failure and blindness.
Most deaths occur in middle income countries. The inveterate diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer are often believed of as maladies which chiefly affect people in moneyed nations, where high fat diets, alcohol consumption and smoking are major health risks but the WHO said nearly 80% of deaths from such diseases now occur in low- and middle-income countries. WHO’s director general Margaret Chan said, “This report is further evidence of the dramatic increase in the conditions that trigger heart disease and other chronic illnesses, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, in some African countries, as much as half the adult population has high blood pressure.”
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