Heart disease and cancer kill more people in developing nations than in Western countries

Introduction of Heart disease and cancer kill more people in developing nations than in Western countries

            It is a fact that health issues or any disease related issues can be found in any country regardless they are from the developed or developing world, but still, developing countries are the ones, which are dealing with various health and disease related issues. The health care facilities in the developing world are not good enough to meet their needs, and some regions are dealing with epidemic diseases, but they do not have enough resources to fight with those diseases. These counties are not able to develop a health system based on equality and it does not meet the overall requirements. That’s why death ratio in these countries is more than the developed world due to various diseases as well as lack of proper health care facility [1]. There can be example of various diseases, which are more severe in the developing world as compared to developed nations, but health and disease related issues should not be considered local, rather they are global in nature, keeping whole globe vulnerable to several diseases.

Analysis of the Heart disease and cancer kill more people in developing nations than in Western countries

            There are two major diseases, which are being described in this article. First one is heart disease and the second one is cancer disease. The article has shared the information published by the researchers from the Imperial College London. They have summed up in their research that heart disease & stroke along with cancer are the two primary diseases, which have caused more deaths in developing world than the rich nations of the developed world. These diseases are considered to be non-communicable diseases, and death rate due to these diseases in low as well as middle income countries is very high. Here it is important to define that non-communicable diseases are. There are various diseases like cancer, heart diseases, kidney & liver diseases, and mental health issues, and these are considered non-communicable because these cannot transmit from one person to the other. The article has also talked about diabetes disease, and it has revealed that deaths ratio from diabetes is also higher in developing poor nations as compared to western world [2]

            It is important to see that which poor developing countries have been targeted in this article, which is having the evidence of more deaths than the developed world. The article has not mentioned any specific countries in this article rather it has focused on regions, were most of the developing nations are situated. It has talked about the regions like Southeast Asia, Africa, Caribbean as well as Latin America. The poor and low income countries in these regions have been analyzed through data, and it was found on the basis of evidence that these poor regions are observing more deaths from heart diseases and cancer. It has also been explained that death rate from heart disease is way more than the developed nations. The actual stats revealed that 90 deaths out of 100000 were observed in the poor and low income countries, whereas this ratio was at 61 in the high income rich countries.

            The article has not explained much on primary risk factors, however it has been told that diseases from parasites and infections are considered to be more in ratio in poor countries, but in real situation, these countries are fighting more with diseases like health stroke and cancer. The liver, stomach and cervical cancer have caused more deaths in the poor world due to risks of virus or bacteria. The most dangerous virus for human in this regard is papilloma virus. Te risk factors, which also played part in this high ratio of deaths was due to lack of health care facilities in poor nations, and that’s why diseases like cancer were not diagnosed on early stages so that any treatment could have been done to prevent deaths. The leading risk factor for deaths due heart diseases was high blood pressure. Sub-Saharan Africa region was observed to have highest level of blood pressures among the developing world.

            The article has explained that smoking, alcohol, poverty, poor nutrition, poor housing as well as inappropriate health care facilities have been the major reasons for developing world to observe high ratio of deaths. The World Health Organization is always on the move to help poor countries in fighting with chronic diseases, and be able to improve healthcare facilities so that life style can be improved to fight with diseases. The useful information has been given by World Health Organization to control and prevent diseases like cancer. It has revealed it in a report that among all cancers, 40% are the ones, which can be prevented. So, cancer prevention should be taken as a strategy by developing and developed world. It has been advised that countries must follow the plan given by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The poor countries must also follow the leads from WHO Global Strategy on Diet and work hard to increase physical activity. These steps are taken by various countries, but they need more serious efforts and focus in this regard [3]

            It is important to conclude here that diseases are health related issues in developing countries cannot be taken lightly by the developed world, as all countries are part of a global structure. The issue arising in one part of the world can become the issues for other parts of the world like environmental issues. The developed world is spending so much money on the cancer research, and high death ratio from cancer and heart disease should be a worry for all countries in the world. The cancer is a global health issue, and it needs attention from all corners of the world so that world can be bale to find treatment for all kind of cancer, and a cancer free world can be achieved in the future.

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