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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A group of medical experts has called for adoption of scientific control and prevention strategies to stem what they described as the imminent "tsunami" of Non Communicable Disorders, NCDs, such as high blood pressure, stroke, cancer, diabetes, renal failure and other chronic diseases that are of increasingly public health significance in Nigeria.
Speaking during the 6th Cardiovascular Summit - an annual scientific symposium aimed at updating clinicians on the recent trends in management of cardiovascular diseases, renowed endocrinologist at the University of Tennessee Health Centre, Memphis, USA, Professor Sam Dagogo-Jack urged the nation to separate fact from fiction when dealing with issues surrounding CV disorders.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201308060418.html
The problem is that governments don't take the threat seriously. Our own government tells people to lose weight, eat healthily and exercise, but then starves of funding all the elements in society that could truly help, like more specialist nurses, better education throughout school, better access to healthy food at affordable prices, greater sanctions on unhealthy food, better sport and recreation facilities, better treatments and education for the millions already affected.
I doubt it is much different in other countries.
Speaking during the 6th Cardiovascular Summit - an annual scientific symposium aimed at updating clinicians on the recent trends in management of cardiovascular diseases, renowed endocrinologist at the University of Tennessee Health Centre, Memphis, USA, Professor Sam Dagogo-Jack urged the nation to separate fact from fiction when dealing with issues surrounding CV disorders.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201308060418.html
The problem is that governments don't take the threat seriously. Our own government tells people to lose weight, eat healthily and exercise, but then starves of funding all the elements in society that could truly help, like more specialist nurses, better education throughout school, better access to healthy food at affordable prices, greater sanctions on unhealthy food, better sport and recreation facilities, better treatments and education for the millions already affected.
I doubt it is much different in other countries.