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World Bank report predicts:

Steep rise likely in global NCD deaths over next 10 years

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, chronic liver diseases and diabetes, are Sri Lanka’s number one killer constituting 70% of all deaths annually, experts said yesterday.

They said that if adequate efforts are not made at prevention and control the numbers could grow by at least 15 percent in the next 10 years.

These predictions were made at the launch of an international programme, Asian Collaboration for Excellence in NCD Prevention and Control (ASCEND in Sri Lanka, which aims to train and support early career researchers from Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia to enhance and develop their skills in NCD prevention and control.

The programme which aims to strengthen the capacity of Sri Lanka and the region in the fight against NCD’s was launched at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute under the patronage of Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena.

“According to experts who spoke at the launch, the World Health Organisation(WHO) predicts that over the next 10 years, Asia will see a major increase in deaths from NCD’s. According to a 2011 World Bank report, NCD’s are currently responsible for over half of the disease burden in Asia.

“Globally deaths from NCD’s are expected to increase by 15 percent (44 million deaths) in the next 10 years with South-East Asia bearing the brunt (10.4 million), if efforts at prevention and control does not yield desired results, “ the World Bank report states .

Deputy Health Minister Lalith Dissanayake identified combating NCD’s as a major challenge. He said that the government was making every effort at prevention and control with a Rs.900 million allocation to implement related programmes within next three years.

The deputy minister while calling for life style changes to prevent NCD’s said that these illnesses are related to only a few modifiable risk factors, cigarette smoking, unhealthy eating habits, lack of physical exercise and alcohol.

Twenty five professionals from these three countries have started training in 2011 and another 28 have started the programme. Eighteen trainees in total are undergoing training from Sri Lanka.

ASCEND’s training programme provides research training related to the prevention and control of NCD’s, mentoring and leadership skills. It is specifically designed for Asian Researchers who are build ing careers in the field including public health professionals, university staff, post graduate students and early career researchers who wish to build their research expertise.

The 18-month trainee programme uses a combination of face-to-face teaching, on line learning, peer support and mentoring methods.

Overall Director of ASCEND is Prof.Brian Oldenburg from Monash University, Australia. Dr.Prasad Katulanda leads the team in Sri Lanka. The current ASCEND training institutes are Monash University of Malaysia and Australia, University of Colombo, University of North Carolina, USA and Sree Chitra Tirunal Inst. for Medical Science, India. The WHO and the JICA have also extended their support towards the programme in Sri Lanka.

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