TY - BOOK
T1 - The Case for Investment in Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases in the United Arab Emirates
AU - Elmusharaf, Khalifa
AU - Chestnov, Roman
AU - Jung, Johanna
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - This report results from the UAE’s engagement in 2017 with the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases which provided recommended actions to strengthen national response to NCDs. The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention made it a priority to conduct the NCD investment case presented here, which provides evidence that NCDs reduce economic output and that the UAE would benefit from investing in four policy intervention packages that reduce exposure to behavioural risk factors (tobacco use, salt reduction, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity). It also examines investments in key clinical interventions for the most prevalent NCDs – cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. The findings show that addressing NCDs is a matter of urgency to ensure significant social and economic returns.
AB - This report results from the UAE’s engagement in 2017 with the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases which provided recommended actions to strengthen national response to NCDs. The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention made it a priority to conduct the NCD investment case presented here, which provides evidence that NCDs reduce economic output and that the UAE would benefit from investing in four policy intervention packages that reduce exposure to behavioural risk factors (tobacco use, salt reduction, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity). It also examines investments in key clinical interventions for the most prevalent NCDs – cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. The findings show that addressing NCDs is a matter of urgency to ensure significant social and economic returns.
UR - https://www.emro.who.int/noncommunicable-diseases/publications/case-for-investment-in-prevention-and-control-of-non-communicable-diseases.html
M3 - Other report
BT - The Case for Investment in Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases in the United Arab Emirates
PB - UNDP, WHO, UNIATF, GHC
CY - Geneva
ER -
