Format:
1 online resource (218 pages)
ISBN:
9780821370452
Series Statement:
Directions in development. Human development
Content:
The importance of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to global health has gained increased recognition since the early 1990s, and has been accompanied by calls for a stronger policy response. It is increasingly clear that aging populations, rising incomes, and increased exposure to risk factors are contributing to patterns of illness, disability and premature death due to NCDs that merit greater policy attention than they have received in the past. This report is an Agenda for Action in response to the growing economic, social and health problems posed by NCDs. The report has a dual purview: how to avoid the burden of NCDs as much as possible, and recognition of the need to prepare for the consequences of more NCDs associated with demographic change.
Content:
Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Objective -- Scope and Audience -- Trends in NCD Outcomes and Possibilities for Improvement -- Key Messages -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Improving NCD Outcomes: A Public Policy Perspective -- Economic Burden of NCDs -- Economic Rationale: Efficiency, Equity, and Budget Implications -- Value for Money -- Implementation of NCD Services -- Summary: A Matrix of the Economic Rationale for NCD Interventions -- Key Messages -- Notes -- Chapter 3 The Agenda for the World Bank -- NCDs in the World Bank's Portfolio -- Agenda for Action -- Key Messages -- Notes -- Appendix 1 The Basis for Public Intervention in the Control of Noncommunicable Diseases -- Accelerated Mortality Reduction Scenario for Noncommunicable Diseases -- Evidence on the Economic Burden of NCDs -- Extent to Which NCDs Matter to the Poor -- NCDs and Health Financing -- Notes -- Appendix 2 The Evidence Base for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases -- Premature Mortality -- Public Policy -- Incorporating Prevention into Primary Care -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix 3 Challenges of Design and Implementation: Three Country Cases -- Indonesia: Forecasting and Financing Health Care Demand in a Middle-Income Country-Disease Transitions in East and Central Java -- Georgia: Diabetes and Systemic Constraints -- India: The Value of Information about NCD Status -- Notes -- Appendix 4 Selected Noncommunicable Disease Indicators -- Glossary of Selected Health Terms -- References -- Index -- Boxes -- 3.1 Regional Focus: Epidemiological Surveillance Systems in the Europe and Central Asia Region -- 3.2 Country Focus: Addressing the Challenges of NCDs in Brazil -- A2.1 Trends in Mortality Due to Smoking -- A2.2 Basic Inputs for an Organized Cancer Screening Program -- Figures.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821370445
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821370445
Additional Edition:
Print version Public Policy & the Challenge of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases
Language:
English
