Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, 2013-2020
World Health Organization (Issuing body)
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) -- mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes -- are the world's biggest killers. Most of these premature deaths from NCDs are largely preventable by enabling health systems to respond more effectively and equitably to the health-care needs of people with NCDs, and influencing public policies outside health that tackle shared risk factors -- namely tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and the harmful use of alcohol. Heads of State and Government committed themselves in the UN Political Declaration on NCDs to establish and strengthen, by 2013, multisectoral national policies and plans for the prevention and control of NCDs, and consider the development of national targets and indicators based on national situations. To realize these commitments, the World Health Assembly endorsed the WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020 in May 2013. The Global Action Plan provides Member States, international partners and WHO with a road map and menu of policy options which, when implemented collectively between 2013 and 2020, will contribute to progress on 9 global NCD targets to be attained in 2025
eBook, English, 2013
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013