{"id":17703,"date":"2020-06-02T09:23:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17703"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:23:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:23:17","slug":"were-worried-that-covid-19-has-diverted-attention-resources-from-other-diseases-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17703","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re worried that COVID-19 has diverted attention, resources from other diseases \u2014WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday night the COVID-19 had diverted public attention and resources from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including diabetes, cancer, and hypertension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a new survey, the United Nations agency said the situation was disturbing as NCDs kill no fewer than 40 million people annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides, the WHO said that people living with these diseases were more likely to become severely ill or die from COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the organisation, the study was conducted in 155 countries in a period of three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHO said the result showed that although the disruption of non-communicable diseases by COVID-19 was global, developing countries had been most affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It stated that over half of the countries surveyed reported that services for NCDs have been partially or completely disrupted, while two-thirds said rehabilitation services were affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said: \u201cThe survey found that 94 percent of the countries have partially or fully reassigned health ministry staff working on NCDs to support COVID-19 response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor instance, the survey says screening campaigns for breast and cervical cancer were also postponed in more than half of the countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new survey comes barely a month after the UN warned that the pandemic was threatening decades of progress made in the fight against HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), which gave the warning on May 11, said the disruptions to HIV\/AIDS treatment could result in hundreds of thousands of HIV-related deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the new study, the Director-General of WHO, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, said it confirmed what the agency had been hearing from countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghebreyesus said: \u201cMany people who need treatment for diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes have not been receiving health services and medicines they need since the COVID-19 pandemic began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is vital that countries find innovative ways to ensure that essential services for NCDs continue, even as they fight COVID-19<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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