In many countries of the developed world, the emphasis is on prevention as a substitute than treatment. Health Promotion Foundation is formed with this goal. A plan for the formation of the Health Promotion Foundation in Bangladesh in prefer of developed nations has been adopted. Besides, the significance of forming the Health Promotion Foundation has been emphasised in implementing the National Health Policy in 2011. And the government has decided to impose health care on lethal tobacco products for funding this Health Promotion Foundation. In view of this, in the cutting-edge fiscal yr (2014-2015), 1% of the tax on tobacco merchandise was once levied on surcharges. Besides, 1 percentage of the taxes on environmental air pollution agencies had been additionally imposed. The cash acquired from each sectors is nevertheless on the National Board of Revenue. Which has no longer yet been deposited in the finance branch of the Finance Ministry. The sources stated that due to the truth that the money earned may want to no longer be reached by using the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, it is now not viable to structure the Health Promotion Foundation.
According to sources, the foremost venture of health merchandising will be to propose on prevention of fitness safety measures. As nicely as presenting monetary and technical help to control activities. The company advises the government to make legal guidelines and policies for health enchancment and to make legal guidelines and insurance policies for fitness improvement by means of discovering the reasons and redress of non-invasive diseases. But due to lack of fundamental funds, the Health Promotion Foundation can not be fashioned yet.
According to sources, there are 70 lakh diabetic patients and 1.2 million most cancers patients in Bangladesh. Every 12 months 200,000 people go through from most cancers and 1.5 lakh human beings die. 3 lakh eighty two thousand humans are crippled due to tobacco use in Bangladesh. In a 2013 study, it was once stated that one lakh people died due to tobacco. But in reality, eighty percent of unhygienic coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes and forty percentage cancers are preventable. This requires prevention measures towards remedies.
Syed Mahbubul Alam, technical guide and coverage analyst of the worldwide organization The Union, advised the Bangla Tribune, "Every year 45 million or four percentage of the populace in Bangladesh is becoming negative due to medical treatment. Finance is an vital difficulty in the improvement of public health. Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad imposed a one-percent surcharge on tobacco products in the 12 months 2014-15, which is a terrific opportunity for the prevention of diseases. Besides, 1 percent of the environmental air pollution enterprise has been imposed. Besides, there is a chance to provide cash in the prevention of disorder by way of imposing taxes on gentle drinks, speedy food, different unhealthy foods, non-public cars, bottled water. He said, because the present fitness gadget is central to the treatment, the disorder prevention device is now not getting priority. To beef up the immune system, the government has set up the Health Promotion Foundation to take steps to spend the cash earned from health-care (surcharges).