Double Burden Of Disease Case Study

A single disease, either communicable or non communicable is already tough to deal with, imagine the double burden of disease. The Double Burden of Disease is generally defined as when a country is having deal with communicable diseases such as common cold, measles, STD’s etc. and ferocious non-communicable diseases like obesity, heart disease, beri-beri. Although in the past few decades, new improvements have been found in healthcare facilities, the tally of people dying due to the innumerable diseases hasn’t gone down. Some people say this might be due to poverty whereas others say it may be due to environmental factors such as weather. But, the real factors are both. Both are equally responsible for the deaths caused due to diseases. The
In the earlier years, Turkey used to face a lot of problems with respect to healthcare. Turkey was developing at a rapid rate and this attracted a lot of migrants, both from rural and urban areas. Although the country’s GDP was likely to increase, the healthcare issues were not taken into consideration. However, over the past few years, the healthcare has been improved and the resistance to diseases has been reduced, but there is still a long a way to go. Turkey is prone mostly to Non-Communicable diseases such as the diseases of the circulatory and respiratory systems which account for more than 45% of the total deaths in this country. A plus point is that communicable diseases have been reduced drastically due to strict laws on smoke, water drainage and proper segregation of waste. Although one can’t say that communicable diseases have been completely eradicated, one could be still prone to these diseases which form the foundation for the Double Burden of Disease. As per 2011, there have been
Other United Nations agencies also provide technical assistance, including FAO, ILO, UNDCP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR and UNIDO.
Proposed Solutions
 A) For Communicable Diseases: Maintain and strengthen surveillance system and response capacity for communicable diseases and ensure its consistence with the requirements of IHR; technical assistance for eliminating malaria, reducing burden of other communicable diseases such as measles, rubella, tuberculosis by strengthened immunization programmes; preventing spread of HIV/AIDS.
 B) For Non-Communicable Diseases: Technical assistance for strengthening Ministry of Health (MoH) institutional capacity in developing NCDs prevention measures by screening programmes for early detection and health promotion activities; guidance for developing technical guidelines for prevention and treatment; addressing injury prevention, particularly with regard to road traffic accidents and