The Downside of Urbanization in Nepal: Poor Health!
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Paul Johnson
Jun 30, 2011, 9:16:22 PM6/30/11
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http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93103
BANGKOK, 30 June 2011 (IRIN) - Rapid urbanization and the extension of
the road network in some parts of Nepal are bringing chronic, non-
communicable diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease to
formerly isolated rural communities, health experts say.
“Villagers are in a double whammy situation - they are already
struggling with communicable diseases and are now burdened with
chronic disease on top of it,” Jyoti Bhattarai, a leading
endocrinologist at Nepal’s Diabetes Thyroid and Endocrine Centre
(NDTE), told IRIN from Kathmandu.
“Non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
stroke and high blood pressure in Nepal are mostly due to rapid
urbanization in rural areas,” he said. “In villages where they only
ate vegetables, people are now eating all sorts of processed food."
Up to 42 percent of deaths in Nepal are due to chronic diseases such
as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer, and by 2030 rates are
expected to climb to 66.3 percent, according to the Nepal Public
Health Foundation, a multi-sector health network for NGOs and the
medical community.
---more at link above---
BANGKOK, 30 June 2011 (IRIN) - Rapid urbanization and the extension of
the road network in some parts of Nepal are bringing chronic, non-
communicable diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease to
formerly isolated rural communities, health experts say.
“Villagers are in a double whammy situation - they are already
struggling with communicable diseases and are now burdened with
chronic disease on top of it,” Jyoti Bhattarai, a leading
endocrinologist at Nepal’s Diabetes Thyroid and Endocrine Centre
(NDTE), told IRIN from Kathmandu.
“Non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
stroke and high blood pressure in Nepal are mostly due to rapid
urbanization in rural areas,” he said. “In villages where they only
ate vegetables, people are now eating all sorts of processed food."
Up to 42 percent of deaths in Nepal are due to chronic diseases such
as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer, and by 2030 rates are
expected to climb to 66.3 percent, according to the Nepal Public
Health Foundation, a multi-sector health network for NGOs and the
medical community.
---more at link above---
jfel...@comcast.net
Jul 1, 2011, 5:22:12 PM7/1/11
to Paul Johnson, Nepal News
PAUL,
Thanks for the article.
"Progress???"
My best to you and all Nepal VIIIers.
Joe
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