[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each year, 16 million people die prematurely before the age of 70 from NCDs. Strikingly, 4 out of 5 of these deaths occur in developing countries, making such diseases one of the major development challenges of the 21st century. If countries don’t change tack on NCDs, an estimated $7 trillion could be lost in developing countries over the next 15 years. This contrasts starkly with the cost of action: $11 billion a year to implement a set of NCD “best buy” interventions in all developing countries.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes the huge impact of NCDs worldwide – an issue that the Millennium Development Goals did not address. The aim is to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by one-third by 2030 (SDG target 3.4), strengthen implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (3.a), strengthen the prevention and treatment to reduce the harmful use of alcohol (3.5), support the research and development on medicines for NCDs that primarily affect developing countries (3.b), and achieve universal health coverage (3.8). This historic turning point for our world to include NCDs in the scope and character of the Sustainable Development Goals is grounded in the commitments made by world leaders at two high-level meetings of the UN General Assembly in 2011 and 2014 to track the epidemic proportions of NCDs and its impact on development, make prevention the cornerstone of the global response, and strengthen health systems.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Download Now” color=”primary” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sancda.org.za%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F06%2F2015-WHO-NCDs-Progress-Monitor-1.pdf|||”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Injections are one of the most common health care procedures. Every year at least 16 billion injections are administered worldwide. The vast majority – around 90% – are given in curative care. Immunization injections account for around 5% of all injections, with the remaining covering other indications, including transfusion of blood and blood products, intravenous administration of drugs and fluids and the administration of injectable contraceptives (1, 2).
Injection practices worldwide and especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) include multiple, avoidable unsafe practices that ultimately lead to the large-scale transmission of bloodborne viruses among patients, health care providers and the community at large. While data are not available on the associated burden of all possible diseases, unsafe injection practices would logically impact on other bloodborne diseases transmitted through the re-use of injection equipment e.g. haemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola and Marburg viruses, malaria, and others. Re-use and unsafe practices also increase the risk of bacterial infections and abscesses at the injection site, which can cause long-term damage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
WHO: Injection safety guidelines
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AIDE-MEMOIRE for a national strategy for the safe and appropriate use of injections
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GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO ENSURE INJECTION DEVICE SECURITY
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been two years since the Director-General of WHO established a Secretariat within the office of the Assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health to support the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (WHO GCM/NCD). Since then, the GCM/NCD has moved rapidly to achieve impressive global progress on many fronts to address the devastating health and socioeconomic impacts of NCDs – raising awareness, disseminating knowledge and information, providing a platform to identify barriers and propose solutions, mobilizing stakeholders to accelerate the implementation of the WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013–2020, and helping Member States to translate global commitments into action. The GCM/NCD is part of an expanding agenda of measures to combat the rapidly emerging threat of NCDs, including the WHO Global Action Plan; the WHO Global Monitoring Framework for Noncommunicable Diseases; and development of tools and guidance by WHO, the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (UNIATF) and other partners to support formulation of national policies and strategies to counteract NCDs. The inclusion of the NCD targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development means that the work of the GCM/NCD will be even more important as a means of fostering partnerships in line with its mandate to “facilitate and enhance the coordination of activities, multistakeholder engagement and action across sectors at the local, national, regional and global levels”. This report highlights the achievements of the GCM/NCD over the period 2014 to 2016, thanks to the efforts of Member States, United Nations agencies, colleagues across all clusters and levels of WHO, and other stakeholders who have engaged with the GCM/NCD in helping countries to achieve the nine voluntary targets of the Global Monitoring Framework and reduce the burden of NCDs and their shared risk factors, including unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity, tobacco use and harmful use of alcohol. The interconnectedness of the Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs) reflects the new reality that the challenges facing present-day society, including NCDs, can only be combated through policy integration balancing social development, economic growth and environmental protection. Innovative solutions engaging all stakeholders, supported by whole-of-government and whole-of-society mechanisms, are essential to curb NCDs in the context of the SDGs. We can be proud of what the GCM/NCD has accomplished in a short time, and we look forward to its continued progress towards achievement of its ambitious goals. Dr Oleg Chestnov Assistant Director-General Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health World Health Organization
Dr Oleg Chestnov
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been two years since the Director-General of WHO established a Secretariat within the office of the Assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health to support the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (WHO GCM/NCD). Since then, the GCM/NCD has moved rapidly to achieve impressive global progress on many fronts to address the devastating health and socioeconomic impacts of NCDs – raising awareness, disseminating knowledge and information, providing a platform to identify barriers and propose solutions, mobilizing stakeholders to accelerate the implementation of the WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013–2020, and helping Member States to translate global commitments into action. The GCM/NCD is part of an expanding agenda of measures to combat the rapidly emerging threat of NCDs, including the WHO Global Action Plan; the WHO Global Monitoring Framework for Noncommunicable Diseases; and development of tools and guidance by WHO, the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (UNIATF) and other partners to support formulation of national policies and strategies to counteract NCDs. The inclusion of the NCD targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development means that the work of the GCM/NCD will be even more important as a means of fostering partnerships in line with its mandate to “facilitate and enhance the coordination of activities, multistakeholder engagement and action across sectors at the local, national, regional and global levels”. This report highlights the achievements of the GCM/NCD over the period 2014 to 2016, thanks to the efforts of Member States, United Nations agencies, colleagues across all clusters and levels of WHO, and other stakeholders who have engaged with the GCM/NCD in helping countries to achieve the nine voluntary targets of the Global Monitoring Framework and reduce the burden of NCDs and their shared risk factors, including unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity, tobacco use and harmful use of alcohol. The interconnectedness of the Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs) reflects the new reality that the challenges facing present-day society, including NCDs, can only be combated through policy integration balancing social development, economic growth and environmental protection. Innovative solutions engaging all stakeholders, supported by whole-of-government and whole-of-society mechanisms, are essential to curb NCDs in the context of the SDGs. We can be proud of what the GCM/NCD has accomplished in a short time, and we look forward to its continued progress towards achievement of its ambitious goals. Dr Oleg Chestnov Assistant Director-General Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health World Health Organization
Dr Oleg Chestnov
Assistant Director-General Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health
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Until a woman from the poorest family in the most crowded slum can be sure that her local clinic will have the medicine and staffing her government has promised, global health will remain uncertain
A great read from World Vision’s Policy Report: Grassroots to global: 7 steps to Citizen-Driven Accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals
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Step 2 Work Together: Support collaboration among accountability actors, and aggregate citizen-generated information about the quality of service delivery at the subnational level
