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KENYATTA-HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITIES
JOINT FORUM 2013
THEME: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE GLOBAl
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
PRESENTER:MARTIN WAHOGO
Bsc. Medical Laboratory science 6/6/2013
NON –COMMUNICABLE DISEASE INVASION
6/6/2013
KEMRI seeks to reverse non-communicable disease tide
6/6/2013
Alcohol consumption causing greater health burden
March 10 2013 at 00:00 GMT+
New report details Tobacco deaths in Kenya
KEMRI Hosts Second Consultative Forum on Non Communicable Diseases
Monday, October 8 2012 at 20:08
THE SITUATION IN KENYA AT A GLANCE
• Video clip
6/6/2013
Kenya is rapidly getting closer to the cross roads of chronic lifestyle
diseases
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WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT CAUSE THESE
DISEASES?
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POOR DIET
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A DIET OF SNACKS AND JUNK FOOD
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• We are raising a generation of young people whose dietary choice is limited to chips, soda and miserable pieces of oily, fried chicken and junk foods.
“Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork”
PHYSICAL INACTIVITY
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NAIROBI CITY
HIGH
NUMBER
OF PRIVATE
VEHICLES
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IF YOU DO NOT FIND TIME FOR EXERCISE YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND TIME FOR ILLNESS
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OBESITY
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• 18% of Kenyans are overweight while 5% are overweight, putting 20% of population at risk to develop diseases.
• Onywera Vincent, et al (2010) found that 16% of town girls and 6.8% of boys are overweight. 6/6/2013
Most of the youngsters are likely to carry their obesity
into adulthood hence undermining their
competitiveness in careers which demand high physical
fitness. 6/6/2013
SMOKING
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• Tobacco is one of the legal product which if used per manufacturer’s instructions will kill the user.
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ALCOHOL ABUSE
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Kenya is flooded with many alcohol brands
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• a
WHAT DOES THIS RESULT TO?
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DIABETES IN KENYA
URBAN AREAS
RURAL AREAS
80%
20%
WHO STATISTICS
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Diabetes is no longer a rich man’s syndrome.
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CADIOVASCULAR DISEASES
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They include coronary heart disease(heart attack), cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke, hypertension, peripheral artery diseases, heart failure etc.
PULMONARY DISEASES
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THEY INCLUDE BRONCHITIS,ASTHMA,
EMPHYSEMA
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CANCER 40% of cancers are
preventable but unfortunately 80% of the cases are diagnosed late .
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CANCER RISK FACTORS
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KENYA’S CANCER VICTIMS
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LATE. WANGARI MAATHAI LATE. SAMUEL KIVUITU LATE. MARTIN SHIKUKU
HON. BETH MUGO
HON. ANYANG’ NYONGO
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A FORECAST
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BUT WHAT IS KENYA
DOING?
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CONTROLLING CANCER
CANCER CONTROL BILL 2012
6/6/2013
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL
6/6/2013
KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL
MOI TEACHING & REFERRAL HOSPITAL
THE AGHAKAN HEART AND CANCER CENTRE
KENYA’S HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
EFFORTS BY INDIVIDUALS
6/6/2013
Jerry Okungu's Prostate Cancer Forum “My Fight Against Prostate Cancer”
PERSONAL EFFORTS He spearheads awareness campaigns
against child obesity.
VINCENT ONYWERA
JOHN MUTUTHO He spearheaded formation of a regulation controlling alcohol consumption ‘ALCOHOL DRINKS CONTROL BILL, 2012’
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YOUTH AND SPORTS
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GYMNASIUM AND HEALTH CLUBS
This helps burn excess calories in the body.
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NATIONAL DIABETES CONTROL PROGRAMME
• Hon. Beth Mugo and the national diabetes control.
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PUBLIC AWARENESS AWARENESS
CAMPAIGNS
AWARENESS AND
CHARITY WALKS
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KENYA HEART NATIONAL FOUNDATION
PUBLIC
AWARENESS
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The government has to increase the budgetary allocation to health from 4% to the WHO
recommended 16%. 6/6/2013
A FIRE OF CHRONIC DISEASES
But who is going to put out this fire?
IT’S YOU AND ME. 6/6/2013
THANK YOU.
6/6/2013
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