• Strengthen vital and cause of death registration systems (to better record statistics on births and causes of death)
• Include details of CVD key interventions (for example services provided, numbers of people being treated) in existing health information systems
• Collect information on a representative sub sample of the population on the prevalence and quality of care of patients with hypertension and CVD; and undertake periodic data collection on the behavioural and metabolic risk factors (harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity, tobacco use, unhealthy diet, overweight and obesity, raised blood pressure, raised blood glucose, and hyperlipidemia), and determinants of risk exposure such as marketing of food, tobacco and alcohol in a sub sample of the population.  [READ MORE: www.worldheartfederation.org]

Kantipur (29 Sep 2016)

• Maintaining a low-fat and low-sodium diet 
• Adopting a good exercise regimen 
• Maintenance of a normal body weight 
• Smoking cessation 
• Stress management. 
• In addition, early treatment of patients with prehypertension or hypertension reduces the risk of cardiovascular complications. 

Key Points to be done;
· Don’t smoke
· Manage your blood sugar
· Get your blood pressure under control
· Lower your cholesterol
· Know your family history
· Stay active
· Lose weight
· Eat healthy

High blood pressure may be prevented by living a healthy lifestyle, including some of the following:

• Eating a nutritious, low-fat diet; 
• Exercising regularly; 
• Decreasing salt (sodium) intake, read food labels so you know the salt content before you buy a product in the grocery store or eating a meal at a fast food restaurant, and avoid adding salt to foods; 
• Maintain a healthy weight and if you are overweight or obese, try to lose weight; 
• Drink alcohol in moderation; 
• Stop smoking; 
• Get routine health assessments and blood pressure screening; 
• Taking your blood pressure medications as directed, even if you’re feeling fine; and 
• Reduce stress and practice relaxation techniques, physical activity will help to prevent. 

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/high_blood_pressure/page12_em.htm#high_blood_pressure_prevention

Rabies: A preventable disease

Rabies, passed to humans primarily through dog bites, is always fatal by the time its symptoms start, but it is entirely preventable.

Washing wounds thoroughly with soap and water after a bite is an effective way of preventing infection, while both pre-exposure and post-exposure vaccinations for humans exist. Global elimination of the disease is feasible through mass vaccinations of dogs, which transmit 95% of rabies cases to humans.

The first World Suicide Prevention Day was held in 2003 and was an initiative of the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, World Suicide Prevention Day has taken place on 10th September each year.

Key facts

• Over 800 000 people die due to suicide every year.
• For every suicide there are many more people who attempt suicide every year. A prior suicide attempt is the single most important risk factor for suicide in the general population.
• Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15–29-year-olds.
• 75% of global suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries.
• Ingestion of pesticide, hanging and firearms are among the most common methods of suicide globally.