The government of Rwanda through Ministry of Health is considering possible strategies on how to handle the issue of non communicable diseases of which has been neglected for decades.
A non communicable disease is a medical condition or disease which is non-infectious. They are diseases of long duration and generally slow progression.
They are referred to as chronic diseases and they include; heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma , diabetes ,chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, and cataracts among others.
This was stressed during a workshop on HIV and Health Systems; Leveraging HIV Scale-up to strengthen Chronic Disease Services in Rwanda held November 29, at The Manor Hotel in Kigali.
The Minister of Health Dr. Agnes Binagwaho while officiating at the workshop said it is intended to learn the strategies on how to deal with such diseases.
“We want to study possible ways of how to tackle these diseases,” Minister said. She added that before dealing with the problem, the ministry will first deal with the cause of the problem; creating awareness on making physical exercises and sensitizing people not to eat foods that contains fats that result into growing fat.
Dr. Jean de Die Ngirabega the Director General, Clinical Services in the Ministry of Health adding on what minister said pointed out, “We have not been following up these non communicable diseases but now we need to carry out a survey about the whole problem in Rwanda and come up with strategies on to tackle the issue.”
At a moment no clear study that has been made on non communicable diseases. According to Francois Gishoma of Rwanda Diabetes Association; these diseases may be contributing 5% in the world.
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