Cardiologist Reveals Antidotes To Stroke, Diabetes, Cancer Others  

 Non-communicable disease like Stroke, Diabetes, Cancer, Others may be running riot and giving carriers nightmares, but a cardiologist has stated their antidotes.

Dr Fred Bukachi who is a heart specialist at the University of Nairobi, Kenya is also the Director of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence for Non Communicable Diseases.

Speaking on the sidelines of an ARUA workshop, with the theme: Re-imagining the Future of Higher Education in Africa , he shared how non-communicable diseases are now on the prowl within the continent, adding however that all hopes were not lost for sufferers.

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“We need to create new ways, innovative ways to be able to detect the diseases early and intervene early.

“The other thing is, when we talk about prevention, the general public needs to know everybody has a responsibility to know their numbers.

“Do you know your blood pressure today? Do you know your level of blood sugar, your weight and beyond that, if you smoke, you must stop smoking and if you drink excess alcohol, you must stop.

“You must also look at your diet and ask if it is the desirable diet for your heart,” he said.

He said because those non communicable diseases were on the rise in Africa, it had put the continent on the cross roads.

 “We cannot afford to treat patients with stroke, for instance, kidney disease and diabetes. So, the answer lies in prevention and early detection. This has been the cornerstone of what we have been advocating in this conference.

According to the renowned cardiologist, the responsibility solely lies in the hands of the people, to have immunity in preventing the diseases.

He pointed out that in all of these, the academia also had a huge task is ensuring that they improve on their interaction with the communities.

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As much as universities traditionally perform research to be able to come up with new ways of doing various things, he observed that there was a disconnect between university education and the communities.

 “We need to go out to the communities and not to allow communities to come to us, because they will never be able to do that. This is the beginning and this is exactly what we are doing,” he said.