The Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013–2020 proposes that “as appropriate to national context, countries consider the use of economic tools that are justified by evidence, and may include taxes and subsidies, to improve…
The NCD Alliance and WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), organised a Regional Consultation on the roles and responsibilities of WHO and civil society organizations in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the African region in Balaclava, Mauritius…
Preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be held in 2018 Report by the Director-General Pursuant to the request in resolution WHA70.11 (2017) the Director-General submits this report…
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 68/300, the present report sets out the progress achieved since 2014 in the implementation of the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress…
An estimated 1 billion people, or 15% of the world’s population, have a disability 1, and the increase in diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), mental disorders, cancer, and chronic respiratory illnesses, will have a profound affect on this…
Heart disease and stroke, cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) cause tens of millions of deaths per year, the majority of which occur during the most productive years of life. NCDs reduce economic output and…
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