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National Policy to fight NCDs

The Health Ministry is formulating a National Policy on Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Around 71 percent of deaths occur in state hospitals due to NCDs such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, or related complications, Health Ministry sources said.

The sources said Sri Lankans' salt and sugar intake are high compared with World Health Organization (WHO) standards.

A person requires to consume less than five grams of salt per day. A Sri Lankan consumes 10 to 15 grams of salt per day. A person needs to consume less than 10 grams of sugar per day but a Sri Lankan consumes 60 to 75 grams of sugar per day.

This leads to increased blood pressure. Around 82 percent of adults over the age of 40 do not consume the required amount of fruits and vegetables per day, the sources said.

Many have higher Body Mass Index (BMI) value than the required value. Many do not exercise. A healthy person needs to exercise 600 metabolic minutes per week.

Around 30 percent of women and 19 percent of men do not get the required amount of exercise.

The Health Ministry appointed a committee to handle NCDs at district level.

Special NCD units are to be set up at Divisional Secretariats next year.

The government allocated Rs 900 million to control NCDs in the next three years in addition to the annual budgetary allocation for the health sector.

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