Every 31st May was designated
as ‘World No-Tobacco Day’ to reduce burdens of using tobacco and to prevent the
Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) by the United Nations (UN)
NCD, known as an ‘invisible epidemic’, is on the rise as one of the main
problems of public health and is treated as a global health hazard. NCD harms
the daily life of community residents and exposes the people to the danger of
premature death as the most dangerous leading cause of death in Cambodia.
According to WHO, 1 of 3 Cambodian males is
exposed to using tobacco even though it is a risk factor of the NCD such as
cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Most of the NCD can be prevented by
improving lifestyle with smoking and drinking habits, eating habits, physical
activity with appropriate clinical interventions. However, it is hard to lead
the change of the community due to lack of awareness, national intervention in
the health system, and resources
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Heart to Heart
Foundation Cambodia has been implementing the ‘Project to Community-based
Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in Battambang Province,
Cambodia’ as a part of the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)’s
Civil society Partnership Program to secure the well-being of community
residents by reducing the burden of NCD.
The project has
begun this year, 2021, and will be carried out by 2023 to promote the health
accessibility of the community to safe from NCD focused on hypertension and
diabetes. It covers the insufficient parts of the NCD service area in the
primary health system through strengthening the capacity of primary health
workers and promoting the NCD awareness of the community by providing the
prevention, treatment intervention through the community-based method. In
addition, Community residents will be able to improve the lifestyle and manage their
regularly chronic diseases by accessing the NCD health care services operated by
project action. The NCD management system has been integrated into the health
system in Cambodia under the cooperation with the local health authorities
(Operational District, Provincial Health Department).
Heart to Heart
Foundation endeavors to make every day safe from NCD and sustain the well-being
of people in the communities.
