{"id":9567,"date":"2021-10-28T18:09:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9567"},"modified":"2021-10-29T10:17:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:17:06","slug":"addressing-non-communicable-diseases-in-the-western-pacific-region","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/addressing-non-communicable-diseases-in-the-western-pacific-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing non-communicable diseases in the Western Pacific Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This is a statement made at the 72nd<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific Region<\/strong><strong> on non-communicable diseases.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The World Heart Federation welcomes the attention accorded to NCDs on this year\u2019s agenda,\u00a0and we pledge our support to WPRO\u00a0member states\u00a0to\u00a0rise to the challenge and\u00a0prioritise the prevention and control of NCDs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in line with the adopted UN Political Declaration on NCDs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As part of the push to achieve this goal,\u00a0we would like to\u00a0draw your attention to the issue of\u00a0rheumatic heart disease,\u00a0or RHD. If we are to step up\u00a0our efforts to tackle the\u00a0NCD burden, we\u00a0cannot ignore\u00a0this\u00a0entirely\u00a0preventable\u00a0disease\u00a0affecting\u00a030<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">million people globally &#8211; mostly children and adolescents (1)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">RHD\u00a0suffers from an almost\u00a0unbelievable level of\u00a0neglect\u00a0in terms of\u00a0attention\u00a0and funding\u00a0\u2013 despite having a prevalence similar to that of HIV.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is an outrage<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and we are here today to\u00a0speak for those\u00a030\u00a0million\u00a0patients whose voices\u00a0so far have\u00a0not\u00a0been\u00a0heard.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">RHD\u00a0usually begins in childhood\u00a0with a sore throat\u00a0which, when<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">left\u00a0untreated\u00a0with simple antibiotics,\u00a0can\u00a0lead to\u00a0irreversible heart valve damage<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">heart failure\u00a0and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">often death<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Those affected\u00a0are too often bound by low-resource settings. They are\u00a0our children and adolescents,\u00a0with a\u00a0female\u00a0predominance.\u00a0RHD<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">often worsens\u00a0during pregnancy &#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">leading to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">complications and poor birth outcomes (2)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The overall impact\u00a0of RHD<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is devastating\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in\u00a0young\u00a0lives and quality of life lost.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the 2018 World Health Assembly, Member States unanimously adopted a global resolution on rheumatic heart disease.\u00a0Many of you in this room have shown strong leadership in enacting national plans to tackle RHD since the resolution was passed last year. On behalf of all children, adolescents, and patients suffering from Rheumatic heart disease, we thank you for this. But we cannot content ourselves with the status quo. We encourage you all to step up your commitment on this issue, because without tackling RHD, we cannot hope to fulfill our commitments to tackle NCDs or ultimately reach universal health coverage.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thank you.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.who.int\/gb\/ebwha\/pdf_files\/WHA71\/A71_25-en.pdf\">https:\/\/apps.who.int\/gb\/ebwha\/pdf_files\/WHA71\/A71_25-en.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/eurheartj\/article\/36\/18\/1059\/2293282\">https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/eurheartj\/article\/36\/18\/1059\/2293282<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a statement made at the 72nd\u00a0Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific Region on non-communicable diseases. 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