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Asian Regional Development1ContentsIntroduction.......................................................................................................................................2Research............................................................................................................................................2Importance of Health........................................................................................................................3Impact of maternal health on household economics........................................................................4Social impact on women suffering from HIV/AIDS............................................................................4Economic impact of cardiovascular disease......................................................................................6Impact of cardiovascular disease on social progress.........................................................................8Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................10

Asian Regional Development2IntroductionHealth is the most important aspect that leads to the economic and social developmentof a community. The increasing incidence of cardiovascular disease across the globe has beena consequence of increased life expectancy, changes in diet, sedentary lifestyles and availability of nutrition dense diets. While the focus of the developed countries is on the prevention of non-communicable diseases such as, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and high lipid levels in blood, several low and middle-income countries are yet to make prevention a priority. Health is a pre-requisite for any country to progress economically. Because lack of optimal health compromises the ability of the workforce to contribute in full capacity to the nation’s GDP. Besides, the costs incurred by the healthcare system on treatment of the disease, particularly in case of preventable disease, can cause patients and their families to become impoverished due to debts taken from money lenders. This becomes an impediment for social and economic growth. The occurrence of ailments such as HIV/AIDS in women of child bearing age puts the health of the child at risk. It necessitates long term treatment. Though ART increases the life expectancy of patients and many of them are able to return to the workforce, the social stigma attached to the disease may reduce the motivation for many women to continue with the medication. The prolonged distress may cause mental health issues in many women who remain worried about the healthof the unborn child. Many people living in low income countries such as Indonesia have to pay out-of-pocket due to poor insurance coverage and their families become debt ridden and remain so for many years. Some may even sell assets to generate money for treatment. ResearchIn order to select articles for this paper, keywords were used to search the NCBI and PubMed database that included, importance of health, outcomes of good maternal health on the economy, impact of HIV/AIDS infection among mothers on the economic status of families, risk factors for cardiovascular disease and its economic and social impact. Papers

Asian Regional Development3that addressed the issue of social stigma were also chosen for this study. Relevant papers were chosen upon reading the title and the abstract of the paper. A total of 25 papers were chosen for this study. Some papers pertaining to the above-mentioned topics were selected because the studies were done in Indonesia as this country from the Asia-Pacific region has been chosen as a case study for the current study.Importance of HealthHealth may often mean the absence of a disease but the World Health Organisation defines health as 'a state of physical mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ [ CITATION WHO17 \l 16393 ]. It is important for people to maintain good health because they can participate in the tasks that make their life more fulfilling and their contribution to the economic betterment of the society provides more meaning to their life. A healthy body enables a person to carry out all the functions and duties at home, in the place of work and as a citizen of a country. Diseases may be infectious or non-communicable. While infectious diseases are caused due to transmission of pathogens from one individual to another, non-communicable diseases are usually an outcome of poor lifestyle[ CITATION FAR15 \l 16393 ]. HIV/AIDS is an infectious disease that can be transmitted due use of contaminated needles, sexual contact or can be passed from a mother to child at the time of birth and globally about 1.5 million people die a premature death due to the disease. Exacerbations among AIDS patients of other infectious diseases such as tuberculosis are also high [ CITATION Har15 \l 16393 ].Good health is an outcome of good education, gainful employment and the ability to seek medical advice when disease occurs. A good socioeconomic status improves the chancesof good health while people from poor socioeconomic backgrounds suffer and are not able to access treatment in the event of an illness. Tobacco use, poor nutrition and a physically inactive lifestyle compound the chances of poor health [ CITATION Pam10 \l 16393 ]. Variables

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