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World Health Organization. (2017) Tackling NCDs: 'best buys' and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases. Geneva: World Health Organization. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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This document provides policymakers with a list of ‘best buys’ and other recommended interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) based on an update of Appendix 3 of the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013–2020. A list of options is presented for each of the four key risk factors for NCDs (tobacco, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity) and for four disease areas (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory disease). Mortality and morbidity from NCDs constitutes one of the major challenges for development in the 21st century. More than 36 million people die annually as a result of NCDs, including 15 million people who die too young – between the ages of 30 and 70. The burden continues to rise disproportionately in low- and lower middle-income countries while in all countries, these deaths disproportionally affect the poorest and most vulnerable. The majority of premature NCD deaths in this 30–70 age group are the result of the four main noncommunicable diseases: cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease.

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