Mapping of NCDs in the WHO African Region 2018
A closer look at African NCDs organisations in 2016 when there were only four.
Disability and NCDs
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…
Report on Progress on the prevention and control of NCDs
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…
Fiscal policies for diet & prevention of NCDs
Global NCDs policy support the use of economic tools to improve diet and food choices. These measures include: trade measures, taxes and subsities to emable healthy dietary choices. Some of these are outlined in this document.
Report: prevention and control of NCDs (2017)
Preparation for the 3rd High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of NCDs Report by the Director-General Report on preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of…
Fiscal policies for diet and prevention of NCDs
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…
Position: NCDs Global Action Plan 2013-2020
NCDs Position on NCDs deals with 4 main groups of conditions and 4 risk factors. Cardiovascular disease - indicator condition hypertension Diabetes Chronic lung disease - asthma Cancer -
Tips for implementing a successful patient participation program
WHO – Tips For Implementing A Successful Patient Participation Programme 2012
Halt the rise in obesity
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…