In Europe, 1.8 million deaths caused by chronic diseases could be avoided each year, deplored the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday, deaths that cost more than $ 500 billion.
“If the MNTs (non -transmitted diseases) were a virus, the world would be confined”, said the WHO Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, deploring that these diseases are “Not only avoidable or treatable, they are also widely ignored”.
Each year, 60% of these deaths are linked to behavioral, metabolic or environmental factors such as tobacco, alcohol, poor diet or physical inactivity, increasing factors in Eastern Europe but on which public health policies can act.
The remaining 40% could be avoided or delayed thanks to an early diagnosis and care, the WHO said.
Deaths that cost very expensive
These deaths are very expensive. The loss is estimated at more than $ 514.5 billion (439.4 billion euros) each year.
Only ten countries in the region, which brings together 53 and extends to Central Asia, have already achieved the objective of reducing premature mortality due to the four main non -transmitted diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and respiratory diseases) by 25%) between 2010 and 2025.
It is Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.
According to the report, 26 other countries can still achieve this target by 2025 if they strengthen their prevention efforts and the quality of care.
