Govt Road Map To Battle Non-infectious Diseases

The government has set a series of targets in a bid to help prevent Hong Kong people from suffering chronic diseases such as cancer, heart diseases and diabetes.

It said these non-communicable diseases, meaning which are not infected from others, accounted for 25,000 deaths, or more than half of the total number of deaths every year.

The targets mainly involve changing people’s unhealthy lifestyle, such as reducing their salt intake and the smoking prevalence by 30 per cent before 2025.

The Director of Health, Constance Chan, said different government departments would work together with the community to achieve the targets.

The plan was developed in accordance with World Health Organisation's call for developing an action plan to combat the threat of diseases that are not caused by infectious agents.