THREATS TO HEALTH IN 2022
WORLD ISLAMIC HEALTH UNION PRESS RELEASE
THREATS TO HEALTH IN 2022
1. COVID-19 PANDEMIC; The Pandemic that shook deeply the whole world, changed the living conditions, could not be prevented with the measures taken, deeply affected the economies, and there is no method found to control it other than the vaccine
2. RESISTANCE TO VACCINATION; Due to incomplete information, the lack of Covid-19 vaccine of people and the failure to increase the rate of vaccination at the global level cause the epidemic to progress further.
3. SEDENTARY LIFE; The pandemic has greatly increased the sedentary lifestyle. This triggered diseases related to sedentary life.
4. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS; The inability to socialize due to being unable to leave the house due to the pandemic causes psychological disorders, especially in children, the elderly and the unemployed.
5. DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES AND DEFERRED TREATMENT; During the pandemic period, people's failure to apply to health institutions on time for fear of contagion causes delays in diagnosis and treatment. This will increase the burden of the health sector.
6. TECHNOLOGY ADDICTION; The fact that people who have to stay at home spend a lot of time with technological devices causes technology addiction.
7. POSTURE DISORDERS; A sedentary life and not doing sports cause joint, muscle diseases and posture disorders.
8. STRESS; The weakening of social relations due to the pandemic, economic losses, anxiety about the future cause stress-related diseases.
9. LONELY; Being alone causes depression, personality disorders, lack of self-care, cardiovascular, digestive system and infectious diseases.
10. OBESITY; Increasing obesity causes cardiovascular, blood pressure, diabetes, joint and infectious diseases.
11. DISRUPTION OF HEALTH EDUCATION; Due to the pandemic, all stages of health education have been disrupted. This situation can cause serious problems in the health sector.
12. TRAFFIC INCREASE; The lack of use of public transportation due to the pandemic causes an increase in traffic problems, environmental and noise pollution.
13. ENVIRONMENTAL AND AIR POLLUTION; Environmental and air pollution due to increasing industrialization is the main cause of many diseases and therefore death.
14. CLIMATE CHANGE; Drought, temperature rise and famine will be threats to humanity in the medium and long term. For this reason, wars, conflicts and migrations may occur.
