A Letter on Evidences for Action on CVD Risk Factors in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Abstract

Globally, cardiovascular diseases (CVD’s) are the number one cause of mortality, and low- and middle-income Countries are largely affected. Health System in Indian sub-continent is experiencing double burden of both Communicable and Non-Communicable diseases, same is the situation in Islands of Andaman and Nicobar, which is a Union Territory of India, and located in the South-Eastern part of the Bay of Bengal, around 1200 km away from the main land of India, Government led large scale surveys have shown that the proportion of population experiencing risk factors of CVD's like Hypertension, Blood sugar levels, Body Mass Index (BMI), Harmful use of Tobacco, Harmful use of alcohol consumption, etc are increasing in the archipelago. Data calls for urgent action on mitigation of such risk factors, and efforts for reducing risk factors for CVDs need to be undertaken in an operational research mode, both estimations and interventions aimed at reducing risk factors must go hand in hand to reduce the burden on the community as well as on the Health System. This letter identifies the current scenario, and trends of CVD risk factors from various surveys and there are ample of scientific methods available for prediction of CVDs, and to control such risk factors among populations.