Public Policy and the Challenge of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases

Adeyi, Olusoji ; Smith, Owen ; Robles, Sylvia

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: ACUTE ILLNESSES;    ADDICTION;    ADULT MORTALITY;    AGE GROUPS;    AGED;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-7044-5
RP-ID  :  40527

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Since the early 1990s, the importance ofchronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to global healthhas gained increased recognition. This report contains anagenda for action in response to the growing economic,social, and health problems posed by NCDs. Its objective isto enable the World Bank and its clients to examine and,where appropriate, strategically shift their approaches topublic policy as a tool to prevent and control NCDs. Thereport highlights two broad themes. First, public policiesneed to prevent NCDs to the greatest extent possible and, indoing so, promote healthy aging and avoid premature deaths.Second, at the same time, public policies need to recognizethat the burden of NCDs will increase because of populationaging, and therefore public policy has a role to play indealing with the pressures that this will impose on healthservices. Thus the report has a dual purview: how to avoidthe burden of NCDs as much as possible and how to preparefor the consequences of more NCDs associated withdemographic change.