KENYATTA-HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITIES

JOINT FORUM 2013

THEME: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE GLOBAl

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

PRESENTER:MARTIN WAHOGO

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NON –COMMUNICABLE DISEASE INVASION

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KEMRI seeks to reverse non-communicable disease tide

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Alcohol consumption causing greater health burden

March 10 2013 at 00:00 GMT+

New report details Tobacco deaths in Kenya

KEMRI Hosts Second Consultative Forum on Non Communicable Diseases

Monday, October 8 2012 at 20:08

THE SITUATION IN KENYA AT A GLANCE

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Kenya is rapidly getting closer to the cross roads of chronic lifestyle

diseases

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WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT CAUSE THESE

DISEASES?

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POOR DIET

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A DIET OF SNACKS AND JUNK FOOD

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• We are raising a generation of young people whose dietary choice is limited to chips, soda and miserable pieces of oily, fried chicken and junk foods.

“Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork”

PHYSICAL INACTIVITY

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NAIROBI CITY

HIGH

NUMBER

OF PRIVATE

VEHICLES

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IF YOU DO NOT FIND TIME FOR EXERCISE YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND TIME FOR ILLNESS

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OBESITY

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• 18% of Kenyans are overweight while 5% are overweight, putting 20% of population at risk to develop diseases.

• Onywera Vincent, et al (2010) found that 16% of town girls and 6.8% of boys are overweight. 6/6/2013

Most of the youngsters are likely to carry their obesity

into adulthood hence undermining their

competitiveness in careers which demand high physical

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SMOKING

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• Tobacco is one of the legal product which if used per manufacturer’s instructions will kill the user.

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ALCOHOL ABUSE

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Kenya is flooded with many alcohol brands

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WHAT DOES THIS RESULT TO?

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DIABETES IN KENYA

URBAN AREAS

RURAL AREAS

80%

20%

WHO STATISTICS

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Diabetes is no longer a rich man’s syndrome.

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CADIOVASCULAR DISEASES

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They include coronary heart disease(heart attack), cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke, hypertension, peripheral artery diseases, heart failure etc.

PULMONARY DISEASES

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THEY INCLUDE BRONCHITIS,ASTHMA,

EMPHYSEMA

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CANCER 40% of cancers are

preventable but unfortunately 80% of the cases are diagnosed late .

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CANCER RISK FACTORS

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KENYA’S CANCER VICTIMS

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LATE. WANGARI MAATHAI LATE. SAMUEL KIVUITU LATE. MARTIN SHIKUKU

HON. BETH MUGO

HON. ANYANG’ NYONGO

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A FORECAST

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BUT WHAT IS KENYA

DOING?

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CONTROLLING CANCER

CANCER CONTROL BILL 2012

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KENYATTA UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL

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KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL

MOI TEACHING & REFERRAL HOSPITAL

THE AGHAKAN HEART AND CANCER CENTRE

KENYA’S HEALTH INSTITUTIONS

EFFORTS BY INDIVIDUALS

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Jerry Okungu's Prostate Cancer Forum “My Fight Against Prostate Cancer”

PERSONAL EFFORTS He spearheads awareness campaigns

against child obesity.

VINCENT ONYWERA

JOHN MUTUTHO He spearheaded formation of a regulation controlling alcohol consumption ‘ALCOHOL DRINKS CONTROL BILL, 2012’

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YOUTH AND SPORTS

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GYMNASIUM AND HEALTH CLUBS

This helps burn excess calories in the body.

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NATIONAL DIABETES CONTROL PROGRAMME

• Hon. Beth Mugo and the national diabetes control.

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PUBLIC AWARENESS AWARENESS

CAMPAIGNS

AWARENESS AND

CHARITY WALKS

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KENYA HEART NATIONAL FOUNDATION

PUBLIC

AWARENESS

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The government has to increase the budgetary allocation to health from 4% to the WHO

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A FIRE OF CHRONIC DISEASES

But who is going to put out this fire?

IT’S YOU AND ME. 6/6/2013

THANK YOU.

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