TY - JOUR
T1 - Global prevention and control of NCDs: limitations of the standard approach
AU - Pearce, Neil
AU - Ebrahim, Shah
AU - McKee, Martin
AU - Lamptey, Peter
AU - Barreto, Mauricio L
AU - Matheson, Don
AU - Walls, Helen Louise
AU - Foliaki, Sunia
AU - Miranda, J Jaime
AU - Chimeddamba, Oyun
AU - Garcia-Marcos, Luis
AU - Haines, Andy
AU - Vineis, Paolo
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jphp/journal/v36/n4/full/jphp201529a.html
U2 - 10.1057/jphp.2015.29
DO - 10.1057/jphp.2015.29
M3 - Article
VL - 36
SP - 408
EP - 425
JO - Journal of Public Health Policy
JF - Journal of Public Health Policy
SN - 0197-5897
IS - 4
ER -