Global Prevention and Control of NCDs: Limitations of the Standard Approach

Overview

Journal J Public Health Policy

Specialty Public Health

Date 2015 Sep 18

PMID 26377446

Citations 19

Authors

Neil Pearce

Shah Ebrahim

Martin Mckee

Peter Lamptey

Mauricio L Barreto

Don Matheson

Helen Walls

Sunia Foliaki

J Jaime Miranda

Oyun Chimeddamba

Luis Garcia-Marcos

Andy Haines

Paolo Vineis

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Abstract

The five-target '25 × 25' strategy for tackling the emerging global epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) focuses on four diseases (CVD, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease), four risk factors (tobacco, diet and physical activity, dietary salt, and alcohol), and one cardiovascular preventive drug treatment. The goal is to decrease mortality from NCDs by 25 per cent by the year 2025. The 'standard approach' to the '25 × 25' strategy has the benefit of simplicity, but also has major weaknesses. These include lack of recognition of: (i) the fundamental drivers of the NCD epidemic; (ii) the 'missing NCDs', which are major causes of morbidity; (iii) the 'missing causes' and the 'causes of the causes'; and (iv) the role of health care and the need for integration of interventions.

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