Public Policy and the Challenge of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases

Since the early 1990s, the importance of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to global health has gained increased recognition. This report contains an agenda for action in response to the growing economic, social, and health problems posed by...

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Main Authors:	Adeyi, Olusoji, Smith, Owen, Robles, Sylvia
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACUTE ILLNESSES ADDICTION ADULT MORTALITY AGE GROUPS AGED AGING AGING POPULATIONS AIR POLLUTION ALCOHOL ABUSE ASTHMA BASIS FOR ACTION BEHAVIOR CHANGE BLUEPRINT BREAST CANCER BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS CAUSES OF DEATH CERVICAL CANCER CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING CHILDBIRTH CHOLESTEROL CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC DISEASES CHRONIC ILLNESS CHRONIC ILLNESSES CLINICS COHORT STUDIES COMMUNICABLE DISEASE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CORONARY HEART DISEASE DEATH RATES DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DETERMINANTS OF GROWTH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DIABETES DIAGNOSIS DIET DIGESTIVE DISEASES DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE PREVENTION DISSEMINATION DOCTORS DRUGS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION EQUILIBRIUM EQUITY GOALS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FAMILIES FINANCIAL RISK FINANCING HEALTH CARE FORECASTS GLOBAL HEALTH GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HAZARD HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE DEMAND HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH COSTS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH IMPACTS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEART ATTACK HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HOLISTIC APPROACH HOSPITAL HOSPITAL CARE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE HYPERTENSION ILL HEALTH ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INEQUALITY INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INJURIES INPATIENT CARE INSURANCE INTEGRATION INTERVENTION ISOLATION KNOWLEDGE BASE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LACK OF AWARENESS LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH LEGAL STATUS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE SPANS LIFESTYLES LITERACY RATES LONGER LIFE LONGER LIVES LONGEVITY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOWER FERTILITY MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS MAMMOGRAMS MARKETING MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORBIDITY REDUCTION MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY REDUCTION MORTALITY REDUCTIONS NCD NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES NUMBER OF DEATHS NUTRITION OBESITY OLD AGE OLD-AGE OLDER PEOPLE PATIENT PATIENTS PHARMACEUTICALS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POISONING POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESPONSE POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POOR PEOPLE POORER POPULATIONS POPULATION STRUCTURE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PREMATURE DEATH PREVALENCE PREVENTIVE MEDICINE PRIMARY CARE PRIVATE SPENDING PROBABILITY PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY ASSURANCE RESPECT RISING DEMAND RISK FACTOR RISK FACTORS RISKY BEHAVIOR SCHOOL EXPENDITURES SCHOOL LEVELS SCREENING SERVICE DELIVERY SICK FAMILY MEMBERS SMOKERS SMOKING SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SODIUM SURGERY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEENAGERS TERTIARY LEVEL TRANSPORTATION TREATMENT TREATMENT SERVICES TREATY TROPICAL MEDICINE URBANIZATION VIOLENCE WORKFORCE WORKING-AGE POPULATIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8091924/public-policy-challenge-chronic-noncommunicable-diseases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6761

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Summary:	Since the early 1990s, the importance of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to global health has gained increased recognition. This report contains an agenda for action in response to the growing economic, social, and health problems posed by NCDs. Its objective is to enable the World Bank and its clients to examine and, where appropriate, strategically shift their approaches to public policy as a tool to prevent and control NCDs. The report highlights two broad themes. First, public policies need to prevent NCDs to the greatest extent possible and, in doing so, promote healthy aging and avoid premature deaths. Second, at the same time, public policies need to recognize that the burden of NCDs will increase because of population aging, and therefore public policy has a role to play in dealing with the pressures that this will impose on health services. Thus the report has a dual purview: how to avoid the burden of NCDs as much as possible and how to prepare for the consequences of more NCDs associated with demographic change.

Public Policy and the Challenge of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases

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