Partnership with MLECA to fight Chronic conditions in America and Around the World
Main Line Elder Care Associates and our Advocates have been helping individuals cope with chronic illnesses for years and it does not look like this problem is getting any better in America. Therefore, we are publishing a recent report that may promote your response to this issue. Chronic conditions are now the chief cause of death globally, according to WHO
The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) has called on health care leaders and policymakers in the U.S. to lead the global fight against chronic disease in response to the World Health Organization’s WHO release of World health statistics 2008.
This annual report found that chronic conditions are now the chief cause of death globally.
“This report further tells us that the devastating impact of chronic disease is not only an problem here in the U.S., but is increasingly becoming a problem for the entire world,” said Ken Thorpe, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and Executive Director of the PFCD.
“To win this fight, we must bring to bear our collective knowledge and expertise on how to promote health and wellness,” he continued. “In the U.S., we can begin by adopting private and public policies that promote healthy lifestyle habits and enhance the wellness of Americans.”
Solution:
To help find solutions, on June 5 at an event in Washington, D.C., the PFCD will release a publication — “Promising Practices in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management” — that showcases programs and policies with proven success in addressing this crisis.
The Partnership recently issued a comprehensive “Almanac of Chronic Disease” highlighting the impact of chronic disease on our Americans’ health, health care, and the U.S. economy. The Almanac is available online at: http://www.fightchronicdisease.com/resources/index.cfm.
About the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease:
PFCD is a national coalition of patients, providers, community organizations, business and labor groups, and health policy experts committed to raising awareness of the number one cause of death, disability, and rising health care costs in the U.S.: chronic disease.
The PFCD’s mission is to:
- Challenge policymakers - in particular, the 2008 presidential candidates - to make fighting chronic disease a top priority and articulate how they will address the issue in their health care proposals
- Educate the public about chronic disease and potential solutions for individuals, communities, and the nation
- Mobilize Americans to call for change in how policymakers, governments, employers, health institutions, and other entities approach chronic disease
For more information about the PFCD and its partner organizations, please visit: http://www.fightchronicdisease.org.
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Collectively Main Line Elder Care Associates is asking for you to wrote to the 2008 presidential candidates and request that they make fighting chronic disease an urgent issues and get them to tell you how they plan to address this problem in America. America needs your support and we can make a difference in how our government and health providers handles this devastating problem.
CALL MAIN LINE ELDER CARE ASSOCIATES 610-688-2667 VISIT US AT WWW.MAINLINEELDERCARE.COM OR EMAIL US AT INFO@MAINLINEELDERCARE.COM
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Helen C. Hopkinson, J.D.
President & CEO
