Kiambu County Statistics Officer Rodgers Kimani has urged chiefs and their assistants to mobilise people in their locations to participate in the ongoing state baseline survey on non-communicable diseases.
Speaking to the media in Kiambu town on Friday, Kimani said the survey was geared towards acquiring data relating to diabetes, cancer, chronic lung diseases and injuries in different sub-counties in the region.
He said the final report on the state survey would assist the national government to effectively plan on managing the diseases affecting majority of the residents.
The officer noted that the program had brought on board relevant players in the health sector in the sub-counties and villages to help access accurate and reliable information on the diseases.
He added that the personnel involved in the survey have also been entrusted with the task of educating the public on how to identify symptoms early and be able to get medical assistance.
He regretted that many people were silently being killed by non-communicable diseases due to lack of information on how to identify symptoms early enough before the problem develops to unmanageable stage.
He further reiterated the need for everybody to be in charge of their individual and community health so as to avoid losing people to diseases that are curable.