WHD 2022
WHD 2022
Worldwide 55 million people die annually among which 2/3rd of them die due to Non Communicable diseases and their complications. Non Communicable chronic diseases are Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes mellitus, Dyslipidemia, Cardiovascular diseases, Thyroid disorders, COPD, Malignancy etc and Complications (Cerebrovascular accident, End Stage Renal Failure, Myocardial infarction, Retinopathies). The major cause of death among Low and middle Income countries (LMICs) including Nepal are NCDs and their complications only tabulating around 80% of all deaths. NCDs commonly develop due to modifiable risk factors that can be mitigated mostly by our lifestyle changes. Obesity, sedentary life styles are on top of others. The risk of having NCDs also increases with increasing age groups and heredity. It is wise to prevent the complications before the symptoms develops, it is even wiser to prevent before the disease develops. Thus, the primary vision of this campaign is to diagnose the hidden streaks of fire among the healthy people in and around us; to diagnose and prevent NCDs before anybody land up into the end stage of their life and finance. It is important to diagnose them early by regularly monitoring the parameters at the initial stage, as the patient remains healthy even if the disease has already been progressed inside his body. When we recognize the disease, Patient land up to complications only when the person and the family realizes the abnormality present where the disease burden has already been progressed to irreversible state. The cost and the prognosis at this stage with complications heart failure, blindness, End stage renal disease, Stroke) is unbearable.
This primary motto of this campaign is to spread the knowledge of Healthy Kidneys, Healthy Heart and ultimately Healthy Life. Prof Sharma himself quotes; simple ABCDE testing keeps the two brothers (Heart and Kidneys) safe.
It is our goal to reach many minds as much as possible and prevent and eliminate these deep rooted NCDs from causing life threating situations.
Expansion of KHDC screening and management campaign at all district of Nepal and capacity building of primary health care.
To improve the health of the Nepalese population, encouraging people to adopt healthy lifestyle and early detection and management of chronic Non-Communicable diseases (NCD). "Healthy Kidneys and Healthy Heart- A path to Healthy Life"
To prevent Cardiovascular disease (e.g. Heart attack, Heart failure, Stroke etc) and Kidney disease (e.g. Kidney failure) through promoting healthy lifestyle, early detection (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, proteinuria etc) and management of risk factors (e.g High cholesterol, Smoking, Obesity)
