Khadeeja Abdull Samad Abdulla
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Health
Museum of Fine Arts
Belarus
Biography
NCDs are expected to be a key challenge for the population health as the country is increasingly being exposed to globalization and NCD risk factors: tobacco use, importation of unhealthy food (diet rich in saturated fats or high salt consumption) and inadequate consumption of vegetables and fruits and urban sedentary lifestyles. NCDs have far reaching negative externalities not only through health of the affected individual, but losses incurred to family members, society and country due to productivity loss and prolonged care and treatment needed for a member with NCDs.
Research Interest
NCDs are expected to be a key challenge for the population health as the country is increasingly being exposed to globalization and NCD risk factors: tobacco use, importation of unhealthy food (diet rich in saturated fats or high salt consumption) and inadequate consumption of vegetables and fruits and urban sedentary lifestyles. NCDs have far reaching negative externalities not only through health of the affected individual, but losses incurred to family members, society and country due to productivity loss and prolonged care and treatment needed for a member with NCDs.
