Minister for Health Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete has highlighted that Fiji has been having a significant rise in Non- Communicable Diseases as it increased by 17% from 1970 to 2011.
To detect NCD’s, the Chinese Government has aided the Ministry of Health by giving medical equipment worth $17 thousand US dollars.
Waqainabete said that earlier this year a survey was conducted in health centres between Lami, Nausori, Navua and Sigatoka to get statistics on the number of people affected with lifestyle diseases which had a shocking out come as obesity was common amongst teenagers while diabetes and stroke are on the rise amongst the senior people.
The Representative from the Chinese Embassy, Huang Xuehu says that the Chinese delegation always looks forward in helping Fiji develop as they have already sent out many of their doctors to local health centres to provide medicals services.
The equipment handed over consists of scales, stethoscopes, blood pressure checking machines and many more.
To continue with this initiative, the ministry of health has been consistently sending out their officials to rural and urban areas for house-to-house visits to educate people on the importance of a healthy life style to combat NCD’s.
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