Communicable, non-communicable diseases remained on the rise

The trend of health problems in 2013 once again hinted towards an alarming fact that the country is facing extraordinarily heavy burden of both the communicable and non-communicable diseases. Pakistan has been facing double burden of diseases for the last few years yet the concerned authorities have not come up with success in devising a strategy to safeguard population from the infectious diseases and their epidemics. Statistics reveal that the burden of communicable diseases like TB, malaria, dengue fever, typhoid, viral hepatitis, cholera and other infections could not be controlled in 2013 while a rising trend of non-communicable diseases like heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension and cancer continued to haunt population last year. Many health experts say that there is a need of developing strategies for the next year by keeping in mind the key public health issues of the previous years but it seems as the concerned authorities do not give attention...