Russia, India and China are likely to suffer billions of dollors losses in national income over the next 10 years unless investments are made to prevent rising levels of chronic diseases, a WHO report warned on Wednesday.
"In 2005, India alone is estimated to lose $9 billion in national income from premature deaths due to illnesses like heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes," states the World Health Organization (WHO) report titled "Preventing Chronic Diseases: a vital investment".
"China, India and the Russian Federation could forego billions of dollars in national income over the next ten years as a result of heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes," the report states.
"The estimated accumulated losses to China from 2005 to 2015, for example, are $558 billion, for India $236 billion, and $303 billion for the Russian Federation," states the report urging global action to prevent chronic disease to save the lives of 36 million people who would otherwise be dead by 2015.
Currently, chronic diseases are by far the leading cause of death in the world and their impact is steadily growing. The report projects that approximately 17 million people die prematurely each year as a result of the global epidemic of chronic diseases.
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