12MAR2021

NON-COMMUNICABLE
DISEASE

Hadeel Abdulrhman Alrehily

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1.WHAT ARE THE MODIFIABLE
RISK FACTOR?

i. Tobacco use.
ii. Physical inactivity.
iii. Unhealthy diet.
iv. Obesity in adult.

2. WHAT IS SAUDI POSITION IN THE AGE -STRENGTHENING DEATH

ARTES FROM NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (PER100000
POPULATION) IN ARAB COUNTRIES, 2010.

i. Non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular

disease, cancer, chronic lungdiseases and diabetes)
ii. In nine Arab countries (Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, occupied
Palestinian territory, Tunisia, and Syria).
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3. HOW RISK FACTORS CHANGED?

i. Increases in death rates from chronic non-communicable diseases.

ii. The traditional Arab diet has changed from high-fibre and low-fat food
with increased integration .
iii. Unhealthy dietary habits are prevalent in children, adolescents, and
adults of global fast-food .
iv. High intake of fast food and carbonated beverages and a low intake of
milk, fruits, and vegetables, and frequently consume snacks rich in calories,
salt, and fat between meals, skip breakfast, consume foods outside the
home, and eat while watching television.
v. Political and economic problems in the Arab world have affected the
availability of food, Palestinian, Iraq, Syria, and the recurring famine in
Somalia.
vi. These factors have affected the availability of and access to foods of
sufficient calorific value or nutritious variety.

4. WHAT DOES IT MEAN (REORIENTATION AND STRENGTHENING

OF HEALTH SYSTEM?

i. Reorientation of the health system is

needed towards outreach, prevention and
management of several risk factors,
management of comorbidities, counseling,
and patient self-management.
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5. WHAT ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO ADDRESS TOBACCO

CONSUMPTION?

i. First:
effective tobacco control mechanisms fall largely outside the
health sector. The
implementation of smoke-free environment legislation, for
example, might be under
the authority of the Ministry of Interior, and taxation of cigarettes
might be the
remit of trade rather than health authorities.
ii. Second:
control measures are subject to complex interactions between
political and
economic forces and to the strategies used by trans- national
tobacco companies.

6. WHAT ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO ADDRESS UNHEALTHY

DIETS?

Jordan addressed the four risk factors: salt,

fats, fruits and vegetables, physical activity,
reformulating food products, reducing
hydrogenated fats, reducing salt intake, and
reducing the prices of fruits and vegetables.
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7. WHAT ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO ADDRESS INADEQUATE

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?

Activity and implement effective policies and interventions

to encourage greater physical activity is inadequate and
needs to be improved in the primary health-care sector and
also in schools and other appropriate settings. promoting
leisure-time physical activity.

8. WHAT IS THE COST OF INACTION?

i. Human and economic burden of non-

communicable diseases might well derail
this prospects
ii. Increased health and social welfare spending,
non-communicable diseases .
iii. Lower the labour supply and labour outputs

9. ACCOUNTABILITY.

i. Monitoring and assessment

surveillance to provide stakeholders with timely information needed for
development and assessment of policies and programmers.
ii. Strong political commitment
Political commitment at the highest national levels is crucial for the
implementation
of the phased response to the non-communicable-disease crisis in the
Arab world.