MY ASSIGNMENT - DIABETES : A Bottle neck problem to future In India's Health and Wealth

MY ASSIGNMENT - DIABETES : A Bottle neck problem  to future In India's health and wealth
The ministry of health in India,
       
  Dear Minister,

                     I am writing to you to propose a new policy that will strengthen future India's well being in both health and wealth status. It will help India to tackle some of the health challenges related to diabetes and also its grave financial implications on the patient's income namely on account of purchasing regular diabetic medications like insulin injections, tablets, and periodic diagnostic checkups to monitor blood sugar levels. These problems are needed to be addressed and monitored by the multi-ministerial joint committee to get a concerted response at a fast pace. There are an estimated 72.96 million cases of diabetes in the adult population of India. The 10.9% to 14.2% urban population have diabetes and rural India have 3% to 7.8% diabetes aged 20 years age and above with a much higher prevalence among individuals aged over 50 years. (INDIAN study). According to 2016 WHO Report on diabetes, the incidence and impacts of diabetes and other non -communicable disease can largely be prevented or reduced with an approach that incorporates evidence, population-wide and, cost-effective and multi-sector interventions, It is well documented that processed packed foods and junk foods, high in sugars, salts, and fats and sugar-sweetened beverage drinks are directly related to obesity and diabetes. Imposing a value-added tax on these items will make people reduce buying these products. At the same time, it will help Government agencies to collect little added revenues in the form of tax. These collected taxes can be used in particular to create a monetary fund to subsidize diabetic patients irrespective of all ages living below the poverty level (BPL) in India to purchase insulin injection and do half yearly diagnostic tests to check their diabetes level respectively. The subsidy amount should be directly transferred to their bank account to help reduce their financial burden. Moreover, the urban working-class population should be encouraged to be physically active by doing regular exercise thereby losing calories daily which will be tracked and monitored by an app circulated by government bodies and installed on smart devices on individuals and the motive of them for regular exercise should be like more calories they burn the more rebates and discounts they earn on restaurants. Thus a whole cycle of exercising, good eating, and staying healthy can be generated. Thus a holistic all of society approach can be taken to stop obesity and diabetes ruin future healthy and wealthy India. Dear minister, that is a problem that it must be knowledge way more deeply that it seems: It is important to understand that metabolic syndrome and diabetes are diseases that can be prevented if attacked at their early stages, promoting a well-balanced lifestyle; nevertheless even in older group ages it must be stressed the importance of controlling risk factors with lifestyle corrections. It is important to take care of this enormous problem since its beginning, therefore physical activity and nutritional information should be promoted through younger generations. Moreover, physical exercise could have a very important effect in MODY patients and in diabetic children n general as it behaves exactly as a disease-modifying drug. Therefore I'm suggesting promoting in all group ages physical activity, creating a special gym membership that can give free access and specific training classes to patients. In this way, physical activity could be used more appropriately by clinicians to control the disease. My belief and hope are that physical activity used in a more scientific and organized way could result in having way larger effects through the population in preventing and curing (alongside medical treatments) the disease, becoming part of the therapeutic program of the patient. to found out more regarding the effects of physical activity in diabetic adults and children please see: Hamasaki H. "Daily physical activity and type 2 diabetes: A review", World J Diabetes. 2016 Jun 25; 7(12): 243–251. And Giannini C. "Role of Physical Exercise in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus." Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 20, 173-184 (2007). with Diabetes Mellitus.