The 2024 World Heart Day commemoration ceremony took place at Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
At the event, Union Minister for Health Dr Thet Khaing Win said 20.5 million people die from cardiovascular disease every year, and 85 per cent of deaths are due to heart failure, sudden cardiac arrest or stroke, according to the data of the World Heart Federation. The ministry drafts the National Strategic Plan for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Disease (2023-2027), aiming to reduce the death rate due to heart disease and other noncommunicable diseases.
He continued that this year’s theme
is “Use Heart for Action”, and all should take care of one’s health with their
own consideration, and the policymakers should prioritize the prevention and
control of cardiovascular disease. The ministry also establishes clinics every
Wednesday in rural areas for patients with diabetes and hypertension. Moreover,
the ministry provides basic medicine and medical supplies using millions of
funds.
Then, the video clip marking 2024 World Heart Day was played, and the director-general
of the Public Health Department and project managers of the Control of
Cardiovascular Disease project and diabetes control project presented handbooks
for heart disease and cardiovascular disease to the Union minister.
At noon, central-level
capacity-building training for heart disease and cardiovascular disease control
was launched, marking World Heart Day.
MNA/KTZH
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