AMMAN — A
conference organized by the Ministry of Health and the
Royal Health Awareness Society (RHAS), in cooperation with the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF),
started on Monday in Amman to promote the integration of non-communicable
diseases (NCDs) into primary health care.
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Director of the
ministry’s primary health care department, Riyadh Shayyab, who opened the
two-day conference on behalf of Minister Firas Hawari, said NCDs are
responsible for more than three quarters of deaths in Jordan, according to
results of the Jordan National STEPwise Survey of NCDs and their risk factors,
issued in 2019.
According to him,
the conference stresses the need for cooperation between stakeholders to combat
such diseases and learn from challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pointing to the
ministry’s plans to fight and prevent diseases, he called for a healthy
lifestyle to reduce the risks of being diagnosed with arterial hypertension and
diabetes.
Jakob Madsen,
senior advisor at the WDF, urged providing tests required for an early
diagnosis, as “this problem cannot be solved without accurate data”, and
educating the public on NCDs.
Deputizing for
World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Jordan Jamela Al-Raiby, Dr
Bassem Zayed said 70 percent of global deaths are caused by chronic diseases,
adding that WHO supports the ministry and partners’ efforts in this regard.
RHAS Director
General Amal Ireifij said the conference seeks to achieve its objectives by
examining interventions, challenges, and gaps in the field of NCDs.
During the
conference, topics such as risk factors, preventive care, health justice,
access to non-communicable disease intervention programs and services, and
lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic will be raised under three main
focus areas: clinic-based, school-based and community-based intervention
programs.
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