The Ghana Non-Communicable Disease Alliance (GhNCDA) has said the nation recorded 94,400 non-communicable related deaths in 2016.
A Non Communicable Disease (NCD) is said to be a medical condition or disease that is non-infectious and non-transmissible among people.
The four main types of noncommunicable diseases are cardiovascular (heart attacks and stroke), cancer, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructed pulmonary diseases and asthma) and diabetes.
Mr Ebenezer Adams, Vice Chairman, GhNCDA and Executive Director, Stroke Association Support Network Ghana, speaking at a day’s community engagement at Peki Blengo, said though the figures for 2018 were not officially out, the figure was likely to increase and “all must work to prevent the situation”.
He said NCD deaths accounted for 41 million deaths annually in the world, equivalent to 71 per cent of all deaths and the cause of premature deaths of 15 million people between the ages of 30 to 69.
Mr Adams said it is sad to note that hypertension and stroke cases were the most recorded at Out Patients Departments across the country followed by diabetes, which were all NCDs.
He said it was for this reason that the Alliance was taking measures to develop strategies tailored towards reducing the “incidence and burden of NCDs in the country”.
Mr Labram Musah, National Coordinator, GhNCDA, said NCDs has become a global epidemic needing an integrated approach.
He said people within low and middle income countries are at increased exposure to risk factors for NCDs.
Mr Musah called for a concerted effort at all levels to reduce NCDs and help the poor who contracted them to access quality healthcare.
One obvious cause of NCD death and suffering in Ghana is the horrific noise that is endemic in the country, and really there is almost no interest by anyone in authority to stop it and so the Constitution and the Criminal Code are defied, and people get sick and people die. Then there are the kids who suffer terribly.
Let’s face it, almost no one in authority really tries to sop the noise, and if they do they are howled down by the churches and merchants who think that they stand to make money out of big noise. The bigger the noise the more customers that are attracted, so they seem to think! Does that mean that no one in authority sees human health and well-being more important than money?
“Love they neighbor” has become a joke yet many of the pastors, preachers and merchants would call themselves men and women of God. Truly mind boggling stuff!
“NOISE CAN KILL”says the World Health Organisation (WHO) “Noise has been shown to raise blood pressure and blood-borne concentrations of stress hormones and fatty materials even when people are asleep. These can accumulate over time to block blood vessels and trigger a heart attack”. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20326-noise-kills-and-blights-lives-in-europe.html#.VKol6tKUfVD
“NOISE CAN POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO A CHILD’S PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH, INCLUDING LEARNING AND BEHAVIOUR”. http://www.epa.gov/air/noise/ochp_noise_fs_rev1.pdf
“CHANGES IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND BIRTH DEFECTS HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO NOISE EXPOSURE” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_from_noise
“VERY LOUD SOUNDS CAN RIP EAR, LUNG AND OTHER VIBRATING TISSUES”. “A sound wave is a pressure wave; that’s why you can sometimes feel your body vibrate during loud, low sounds. When body tissues resonate with the sound’s frequency, the pressure increases”. http://www.baudline.com/erik/bass/facts_about_bass.html
“SLEEP DEPRIVATION OF JUST 30 MINUTES OF DAILY SLEEP RAISES WEIGHT AND DIABETES RISK”
http://www.naturalblaze.com/2015/03/just-30-minutes-of-daily-sleep-debt.html
“SLEEP DEPRIVATION AS WELL AS SENSORY BOMBARDMENT WITH NOISE ARE METHODS OF TORTURE“ say The Physicians for Human Rights http://waubrafoundation.org.au/resources/public-officials-at-risk-criminal-charges-for-torture-public-statement/
“THE EGGS WOULD BE HARD BOILED BY THE MUSIC BEFORE THE END OF THE CONCERT”. Dr. Earl W. Flosdorf and Dr. Leslie A. Chambers showed that proteins in a liquid medium were coagulated when subjected to piercing high-pitched sounds”. http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n15/mente/musica.htm
SO WHAT IS IT DOING TO YOU – YOUR KIDS?
Dr. Walid Fitaihi writes:- “The human body and each of its cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems have a certain resonance and they function optimally within a specific range of sounds. The vibrations in the human body create a natural pattern of sounds that is essential to human health and balance: physically, mentally, and spiritually. Either voluntary or involuntary exposure to external environmental sounds that do not match the rhythmic sounds of the human’s internal environment may cause stress, tension, and fatigue. Negative impacts of disturbing sounds include low energy levels, poor performance at work, occupational errors, and an inability to make clear cut decisions. The louder the sounds, the more detrimental and pronounced their effects will be”. http://www.walidfitaihi.com/harmful-side-effects-of-loud-blaring-music/
The Bible speaks: “And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever”. (King James Bible – Isaiah 32.17). “He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him” (King James Bible – Proverbs 27:14). “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children”. (King James Bible – Hosea 4:6).
“THE HUMAN MIND SHUTS DOWN AFTER THREE OR FOUR REPETITONS OF A RHYTHM OR A MELODY OR A HARMONIC PROGRESSION” – Dr Ballam.” Furthermore, excessive repetition causes people to release control of their thoughts. Repetition causes a person to either enter a state of sub-conscious thinking or a state of anger”. http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n15/mente/musica.html