The whole world is busy with the research, management, and preventive measures of COVID-19. Obviously non-communicable diseases itself and the sufferers are getting less attention. What could be the impact of it?
Yes, we have seen extensive impacts on non-communicable diseases due to a focus on COVID-19, from neglecting cancer diagnosis and treatment through to exacerbated mental health impacts. A few articles covering some aspects, but being far from comprehensive:
1. What is the disaster? https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12890
2. Pandemic by choice https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cind.12_845.x
3. http://www.unescoapceiu.org/board/bbs/board.php?bo_table=m35&wr_id=254
Dear Ilan Kelman thanks for your comments and the important links you shared. I appreciate your efforts.
Dear Omkar Singh Kushwaha thanks for your valuable addition to the discussion.
Dear Harasit A rise is expected among Non communicable Diseases after the covid-19 pandemic, especially due to physical inactivity, stress and loss of follow-ups.
Dear Gopal Chauhan thanks for your nice response. I think you have rightly said, there is every possibility of rising non-communicable diseases in the post-pandemic era.
Harasit Kumar Paul
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/334143/WHO-2019-nCoV-Non-communicable_diseases-Evidence-2020.1-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Yes, this has a negative impact, as the attention of research centers and researchers directed towards the race to find an effective treatment for COVID-19 .. Even scientific journals are giving priority to publishing articles related to coronavirus.
see this overview of WHO
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-communicable disease resources and services: results of a rapid assessment
Convid made government panic in the operation, sickle cell patients were failing to access the hospital service in my country during lockdown.
Dear Nirmala S.V.S.G thanks for the link you shared. It is an excellent document related to the topic. I appreciate your efforts.
Dear Muhammad Haddad thanks for your valued contribution. You have rightly said that the attention of researchers is directed towards the race to find an effective treatment for COVID-19, there is a negative impact on non-COVID diseases. I acknowledge your viewpoints.
Dear Mahmoud Elkazzaz
thanks for your impressive contribution and the link you shared. Yes, persons with preexisting noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are found to be associated with severe disease/fatal outcomes. I appreciate your thoughts.
Please read article. COVID-19 pandemic and burden of non-communicable diseases: An ecological study on data of 185 countries.
Dear Isam Alkhalifawi thanks for your response. Your effort is thankfully acknowledged.
Dear Ali R Mulakhudair, Bruce Robin Nyamweha, Alaa Shahid Jassim Al-Bdery thanks for our interest in the topic. I appreciate your responses.
Dear Aijaz Panhwar thanks for your response. You have mentioned a very informative article. I appreciate it.
Dear Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak
thanks for your comment. I realize your response.
Please have a look at this
Article COVID-19 Pandemic and Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases: A...
As pointed out by Mahmoud Elkazzaz
above, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) are the main contributors of the severe cases of COVID-19. If a person is physically fit without any pre-existing NCD, he will be most likely asymptomatic or mild even if he is infected by SARS-COV-2 virus. This clearly shows that the solution for this pandemic lies in the eradication of all the NCD in the adults and elderly, while vaccine development or antivirus drugs are eventually useless.
Dear Lamia Mustafa Al-Naama thanks for the link you shared. I acknowledge your efforts.
Dear Ligen Yu, I do believe the prevention of non-communicable diseases should always get due attention. I appreciate your excellent insight.
Due to a rapid surge in the number of people afflicted with COVID19, the hospitals and medical centers are heavily engaged in containing the disease. Therefore , other non-communicable diseases have inadvertently been ignored and the cases of death have been on the rise.
Dear Reza Biria thanks for your valued contribution. You have well said that the hospitals and medical centers are heavily engaged due to a rapid surge in the number of COVID-19 cases. Non-communicable diseases have inadvertently been ignored and death has been on a rise.
Prevention and treatment services for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have been severely disrupted since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to a WHO survey released today. The survey, which was completed by 155 countries during a 3-week period in May, confirmed that the impact is global, but that low-income countries are most affected. This situation is of significant concern because people living with NCDs are at higher risk of severe COVID-19-related illness and death.
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/01-06-2020-covid-19-significantly-impacts-health-services-for-noncommunicable-diseases
“Many people who need treatment for diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes have not been receiving the health services and medicines they need since the COVID-19 pandemic began. It’s vital that countries find innovative ways to ensure that essential services for NCDs continue, even as they fight COVID-19.”
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/01-06-2020-covid-19-significantly-impacts-health-services-for-noncommunicable-diseases
Health services have been partially or completely disrupted in many countries. More than half (53%) of the countries surveyed have partially or completely disrupted services for hypertension treatment; 49% for treatment for diabetes and diabetes-related complications; 42% for cancer treatment, and 31% for cardiovascular emergencies.
Rehabilitation services have been disrupted in almost two-thirds (63%) of countries, even though rehabilitation is key to a healthy recovery following severe illness from COVID-19.
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/01-06-2020-covid-19-significantly-impacts-health-services-for-noncommunicable-diseases
Noncommunicable diseases kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally. Each year, 15 million people die from an NCD between the ages of 30 and 69 years; more than 85% of these "premature" deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/01-06-2020-covid-19-significantly-impacts-health-services-for-noncommunicable-diseases
Dear Chinaza Godswill Awuchi you have rightly mentioned that people living with NCDs are at higher risk of severe COVID-19-related illness and death. I appreciate your response.
Dear Chinaza Godswill Awuchi, you have well said that many people who need treatment for diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes have not been receiving the adequate medical care they need since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dear Chinaza Godswill Awuchi, thanks for your contribution. It is of great concern that health services including rehabilitation services have been partially or completely disrupted in many countries since the beginning of the present pandemic. Thanks for sharing these good pieces of information.
Dear Chinaza Godswill Awuchi, you have mentioned that non-communicable diseases (NCD) kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally. What a huge number? Now, it is time to address both communicable and NCD with equal importance. Your efforts are highly appreciable.
Dear Omkar Singh Kushwaha thanks for your response. But sorry, I failed to understand what did you want to mean? Would you please write a few words to make me understand?
Kindly check https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/01-06-2020-covid-19-significantly-impacts-health-services-for-noncommunicable-diseases
Dear Serdar Kalemci
, I do agree with you that many important diseases could not be treated in time during this period and diagnostic processes were also delayed. I appreciate your thoughts.
Dear Chinaza Godswill Awuchi thanks for the link you shared. It contains a valued discussion on" COVID-19 significantly impacts health services for non-communicable diseases" I acknowledge your efforts.
Dear M.K. Tripathi
, Yes, it is the fact that due to focused attention on Covid19 other diseases are ignored while more deaths are due to non-COVID causes.
Dear Joan Nyika thanks for the nice comment. You have well said that the NCDs have been neglected and COVID-19 is being prioritized. I acknowledge your thoughts.
Please see link
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/ncds-covid-rapid-assessment
Dear Raya Al-Naimi thanks for sharing the link. It could be of immense help to me. I appreciate your effort.
Dear Harasit Kumar Paul
According to one estimate total human death from January 01 to September 01, 2020 was more than 59 million. Death due to Covid-19 was just above a million. Over 98% death were recorded due to abortion, hunger, cancer, smoking, alcohol, HIV/AIDS, traffic accidents, suicides and malaria. Obviously, other causes of death have escaped our attention.
Thanks
Dear Arbind K. Choudhary thanks for your great contribution. The statistics made it clear that the efforts given to prevent the cause that is responsible for only 2% of total deaths are much more aggressive than that of the efforts for rest. The leaders and organizers should rethink the whole thing. Non-COVID cases should get adequate attention.
Because Covid-19 is life threatening disease and chance of death is more as compared to other non-communibale diseases
Pleas check this link out
https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/ncds-covid-rapid-assessment
Surely treating those diseases got affected by this pandemic as they have been overshadowed by COVID. But they got those patients having such diseases to be much more aware of securing themselves against being infected by covid-19 because they are on the Covid-19 risky-to-be-infected list. Thereby raising both their awareness and self-care attitudes.
Please have a look at the following RG links.
Article Indirect implications of COVID-19 prevention strategies on n...
Article A wave of non-communicable diseases following the COVID-19 pandemic
Zahid Fazal, Faraed Salman, Arvind Singh I acknowledge your valued addition to the discussion. Thanks for your answers and the shared links.
M.K. Tripathi
, thanks for your excellent insight. You have rightly mentioned people are dying from non-communicable diseases in more numbers than covid 19 but getting less importance.