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Thailand, US to cooperate more on non-communicable diseases
BANGKOK, September 24 (TNA) - Thailand and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have agreed to increase their cooperation on controlling non-communicable diseases which have become more severe and killed a large number of patients worldwide.
Thai Deputy Public Health Minister Torphong Chaiyasarn said on Friday that the agreement was made during a meeting between himself and the CDC director, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, on the sidelines of the High-Level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), held in New York from September 19-20.
Torphong noted that his discussions with Dr. Frieden focused on strengthening cooperation between Bangkok and the CDC in preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and cancer, which have now become more severe throughout the world.
According to the Thai minister, The US-CDC has assisted Thailand in developing knowledge of Thai public health ministry personnel on non-communicable diseases. The cooperation will later extend to other member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Latest statistics by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that two-thirds out of about 36 million patients suffering from non-communicable diseases worldwide died yearly, about nine million of them passed away before 60 years old due to smoking, taking alcoholic drinks, improperly eating food and taking no exercises. (TNA)
Thai Deputy Public Health Minister Torphong Chaiyasarn said on Friday that the agreement was made during a meeting between himself and the CDC director, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, on the sidelines of the High-Level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), held in New York from September 19-20.
Torphong noted that his discussions with Dr. Frieden focused on strengthening cooperation between Bangkok and the CDC in preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and cancer, which have now become more severe throughout the world.
According to the Thai minister, The US-CDC has assisted Thailand in developing knowledge of Thai public health ministry personnel on non-communicable diseases. The cooperation will later extend to other member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Latest statistics by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that two-thirds out of about 36 million patients suffering from non-communicable diseases worldwide died yearly, about nine million of them passed away before 60 years old due to smoking, taking alcoholic drinks, improperly eating food and taking no exercises. (TNA)
