India Needs A Comprehensive Approach To Combating Heart Disease: Vice President

The Vice President, Mr. Mohd. Hamid Ansari presenting an award at the 11th Annual World Heart Day Celebrations, in New Delhi on September 27, 2015.

11th World Heart Day Event Inaugurated

New Delhi (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): The Vice President of India, Mr. Mohd. Hamid Ansari said that we would need a comprehensive approach to combating heart disease. He was addressing the inaugural session of 11th Annual World Heart Day event on September 27.

The Vice President has said that India has seen a rapid transition in its heart disease burden over the past couple of decades and the load of communicable and non?communicable diseases is projected to get reversed in 2020. Demographic projections suggest a major increase in cardiovascular disease mortality as life expectancy increases and the age structure of the growing population changes, he added.

The Vice President said that the growth of heart diseases is dependent on a number of interlinked factors such as aging, changing lifestyles and food habits and rapidly evolving socioeconomic determinants like access to healthcare, environmental stress and income levels also impact cardiovascular diseases risk factors.

The Vice President said that we would need a comprehensive approach to combating heart disease, with a focus on education and access to proper health facilities. For this both the public and the private sectors have to work together, he added.

(Source: PIB/GR/TYP/BIN/USPA/WN/IAIJ)