to clean water and improved education around proper sanitation has resulted in an overall decrease in the prevalence of transferable diseases worldwide. But while current strategies to prevent disease are working, efforts to improve sanitation shouldn’t slow down.

While teaching good hygiene practices is still beneficial, the importance of good nutritional education and preventing personal harm is now emphasized.

For example, explaining the dangers of a sugary diet, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking tobacco, using unsafe cooking fuels, driving recklessly, and walking across a busy highway, is imperative. 

Likewise, many low-income countries lack emergency response resources. This means that providing opportunities for community members to learn first aid skills can help to save lives. But while the focus of the global healthcare community has now shifted to non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, communicable diseases remain a burden in low-income settings.

While non-communicable diseases accounted for 74% of all deaths   globally in 2019, communicable diseases are still responsible for the majority of deaths in low-income countries. Today however, the most overwhelming threat to our overall global health and well-being is the COVID-19 pandemic that we’ve been facing since its discovery in Wuhan, China in late 2019. 

Most people infected with COVID-19 will experience mild-to-moderate respiratory illness and recover quickly without needing any special treatment.  However, people over 60, and those with underlying health conditions are more likely to develop serious illness. 

And, it’s not just people’s physical health that has taken a knock because of COVID-19. There have also been serious socioeconomic side effects that will further contribute to health issues, including   mental health issues for a long time to come.  COVID-19 spreads mainly through drops of saliva from the nose and mouth, so it’s important that you also practice good etiquette when coughing or sneezing. The most effective way to protect yourself and others from infection is by wearing a face mask, washing your hands regularly and not touching your face. And, the best way to prevent and slow down the spread of this virus worldwide is to be well informed. Everyone of the world have to scrupulously follow the instructions from the concerned authorities carefully.