Decrease Salt; Increase Life: Sapiens Health Foundation
Posted on: 04/Nov/2019 12:47:03 PM
According to WHO, about 9.8 million people die every year due to hypertension-related complications. Hypertension is considered a silent killer producing heart disease, kidney failure, and strokes. About 35% of the world population above the age of 25 suffer from hypertension. One of the important strategies to lower hypertension in the population and its complications is reducing salt intake.
Sapiens Health Foundation an NGO committed to the cause of kidney failure patients has been campaigning actively for the last 5 years throughout India to reduce the salt intake. Print and visual media have been used enormously and walkathons have been conducted in several places for this purpose. The foundation in association with IIT Madras held the SALT fight conference.
The theme of the conference was to create an awareness in the population with regards to the amount of salt intake permitted, the relationship between salt and disease especially hypertension and measures to reduce salt consumption.
