Non-infectious diseases are growing in Nepal and community health system need to address them

What is it about?

Nepal is a low-income country, more than half as poor per head of the population than neighbouring India. This means its population suffers from traditional infectious (=communicable) diseases. However, with changes in lifestyles and ways of living, working and eating more people are now affected by non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes or cancer. This means that Nepal has a double burden of disease. Moreover, its health care system is still at an early stage of development. Therefore, to combat non-communicable diseases Nepal is well advised to focus on developing primary care in the community rather than using far expensive secondary care resources in hospitals.

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Why is it important?

Resource allocation in a low-income country is vitally important to avoid wasting scarce resources.

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