Regional Consultation to Develop the Strategic Action Plan and Targets for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in the SEAR 25-27 February 2013 Overview of the Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020 Dr Shanthi Mendis MD., FRCP., FACC Director a.i. Management of Noncommunicable Diseases World Health Organization Geneva Switzerland
World Health Assembly resolution WHA64.11 REQUESTS THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL TO: (4) to report to the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly, through the Executive Board, on the outcomes of the first Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and NCD Control and the high-level meeting, and to develop, together with relevant United Nations agencies and entities, an implementation and followup plan for the outcomes, including its financial implications, for submission to the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly, through the Executive Board. (24 May 2011)
WHO Executive Board resolution EB130.R7 2. REQUESTS the Director-General: (4) to develop, in a consultative manner, a WHO action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs for 2013 2020, building on lessons learnt from the 2008 2013 action plan and taking into account the outcomes of the High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of NCDs, the Moscow Declaration on Healthy Lifestyles and NCD Control, the Rio Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, building on and being consistent with existing WHO strategies and tools on tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity; (20 January 2012)
Outcomes of the UN High-level Meeting on NCDs NCDs as priority within the development agenda Whole-of-government approach Leading role of WHO in coordinating global action on NCDs Global monitoring framework Global Action Plan 2013-2020
Process 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 April October 2012: Regional consultations (WHO Regional Discussion Papers) 26 July 2012 7 September 2012: Web-based consultation (WHO Discussion Paper) 16-17 August 2012: First informal consultation with Member States and UN 10 October 2012: Web-based consultation ('Zero Draft' Action Plan) 1 November 2012: Second informal consultation with Member States and UN January 2013: Executive Board (Draft Action Plan) 8 February 10 March 2013 : Web-based consultation (Revised Draft Action Plan) 6-7 March 2013: Informal dialogues with NGOs and Private Sector entities 11-13 March 2013: Third informal consultation with Member States and UN May 2013: World Health Assembly (Final Draft Action Plan)
Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020 Member States WHO UN family International partners Professional Associations NGOs Civil Society Private Sector
Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020 Vision Aim Goal Principles Scope Sustainable development/social determinants/post 2015 UN Development Agenda Framework for action at global, regional, national levels Balance : Broad policy document and or blue print
Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020 Scope Current evidence continues to indicate that four types of NCDs make the largest contribution to the NCD burden and require concerted, coordinated action : Cardiovascular diseases Cancers Chronic respiratory diseases Diabetes These diseases are largely preventable by means of effective interventions that tackle shared risk factors, namely: Tobacco use Unhealthy diet, Physical inactivity and Harmful use of alcohol. Cost effective disease management is also needed to reduce morbidity, disability, and mortality and contributes to better health outcomes.
Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020 Relationship to WHO assignments, reform, existing strategies and plans Lessons learnt from the Global NCD Action Plan 2008-2013 High-level Meeting of the UNGA on NCDs Moscow Declaration on Healthy Lifestyles and NCD Control Rio Declaration on Social Determinants of Health WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control WHO strategies and tools on tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity Regional and country initiatives on NCDs WHO 12th General Programme of Work 2014 2019 WHO reform
Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020 Vision, goal and overarching principles Vision: A world in which all countries and partners sustain their political and financial commitments to reduce the avoidable global burden and impact of NCDs, so that populations reach the highest attainable standards of health and productivity at every age and those diseases are no longer a barrier to socioeconomic development. Overarching principles Human rights UHC, equity and gender equality Life-course approach Evidence-based practice Empowerment of people and communities Goal: To reduce the burden of preventable morbidity and disability and avoidable mortality due to NCDs
Set of 9 voluntary global NCD targets for 2025 Harmful use of alcohol 10% reduction Premature mortality from NCDs 25% reduction Essential NCD medicines and technologies 80% Physical inactivity 10% reduction Drug therapy and counseling 50% Salt/ sodium intake 30% reduction Mortality and morbidity Risk factors for NCDs National systems response Tobacco use 30% reduction Raised blood pressure 25% reduction Diabetes/ obesity 0% change
Revised draft WHO Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020 Proposed objectives Objective 1: Objective 2: Objective 3: Objective 4: Objective 5: Objective 6: To strengthen international cooperation and advocacy to raise the priority accorded to prevention and control of NCDs in the development agenda and in internationallyagreed development goals To strengthen national capacity, leadership, governance, multisectoral action and partnerships to accelerate country response for prevention and control of NCDs To reduce exposure to modifiable risk factors for NCDs through creation of healthpromoting environments To strengthen and reorient health systems to address prevention and control of NCDs through peoplecentred primary health care and universal coverage To promote and support national capacity for high quality research and development for prevention and control of NCDs To monitor trends and determinants of NCDs and evaluate progress in their prevention and control The Action Plan will comprise a set of actions which, when performed collectively by Member States, UN agencies, international partners and WHO, will reduce the burden of preventable morbidity and disability and avoidable mortality due to NCDs.
What is new after the 2 nd informal consultation? Where in Action Plan? Scope of objectives Objectives 1 and 2 Changes in response to comments raised during EB132 Throughout Minimum set of actions Appendix 3 Proposed process indicators Appendix 6 Global coordination mechanism Appendix 4 Reporting framework: Objective 6
Minimum set of actions (Appendix 3) Objective Set of actions WHO tools 1 Raise public and political awareness and understanding about NCDs social marketing, mass-media and responsible media reporting Strengthen international collaboration for training the health workforce Integrate NCDs into the development agenda and poverty alleviation strategies 2 Increase and prioritize budgetary allocations for NCDs Assess national capacity for prevention and control of NCDs Develop and implement a national multisectoral policy and plan Global status report on NCDs 2011 WHO Fact sheets Global Atlas on cardiovascular disease 2011 IARC GLOBOSCAN 2008 Existing Regional/national tools Approaches to implementing multisectoral action NCD country capacity survey tool NCCP Core Capacity Assessment tool Existing Regional/national tools
Minimum set of actions (Appendix 3) Objective Set of actions WHO tools 3 Tobacco use Reduce affordability of tobacco products by increasing tobacco excise taxes; Create by law completely smoke-free environments in all indoor workplaces, public places and public transport; Warn people of the dangers of tobacco and tobacco smoke through effective health warnings and mass media campaigns; Ban all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship Harmful alcohol use Excise tax increases on alcoholic beverages; Comprehensive restrictions and bans on alcohol advertising and promotion; Restrictions on the availability of retailed alcohol Unhealthy diet and physical inactivity Salt reduction through mass media campaigns/reduced salt content in processed foods; Replacement of trans-fats with polyunsaturated fats; Public awareness programme about diet and physical activity MPOWER measures to reduce tobacco use Recommendations on the marketing of foods and nonalcoholic beverages to children (WHA63.14) Global recommendations on physical activity for health Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol (WHA63.13) Toolkit in support of implementation of the Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol Global status report on alcohol and health 2011, 2013 WHO Guideline on dietary salt and potassium Existing Regional/national tools
Minimum set of actions (Appendix 3) Objective Set of actions WHO tools 4 NCDs Integrate highly cost effective NCD interventions into the basic primary health care package to advance the universal coverage agenda Explore viable health financing mechanisms and innovative financing approaches like tobacco and alcohol taxation to generate resources to expand health coverage Scale-up coverage starting with very cost effective high impact interventions Cardiovascular disease and diabetes Multi-drug therapy (including glycaemic control for diabetes mellitus) to individuals who have had a heart attack or stroke, and to persons with a high risk (> 30%) of a CVD event in the next 10 years Providing aspirin to people having an acute heart attack Cancer Prevention of liver cancer through hepatitis B immunization; Prevention of cervical cancer through screening (visual inspection with acetic acid [VIA]) and treatment of precancerous lesions World Health Reports 2010, 2011 WHO Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease interventions (WHO PEN ) for primary care including costing tool Scaling up NCD interventions WHO Guidelines: Primary health care Self care Prevention of Cardiovascular disease, Cervical cancer Integrated clinical protocols for primary care and WHO ISH risk prediction charts Modules cancer prevention and control Affordable technologies; blood pressure measurement devices Essential medicines list (2011) Existing Regional/national tools
Minimum set of actions (Appendix 3) Objective Set of actions 5 Develop a national research agenda for NCDs and allocate a budget for priorities Strengthen research capacity through cooperation with research institutes 6 Develop national targets and indicators based on global monitoring framework Establish/strengthen a comprehensive NCD surveillance system, including reliable registration of deaths by cause, cancer registration, periodic data collection on risk factors, and monitoring national response, Integrate NCD surveillance/monitoring into national health information systems. WHO tools Prioritized research agenda for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2011 The world health report (2013) Existing regional and national tools Global monitoring framework Verbal autopsy instrument STEPwise approach to surveillance, Global Tobacco Surveillance System, Global Information System on Alcohol and Health, Global school based student health survey, The ICD-10 Training Tool Service Availability and Readiness (SARA)assessment tool. Existing regional and national tools
Proposed process indicators (Appendix 6) Objective Indicators 1 Number of countries that include NCDs in national health plans and/or national development agenda 2 Number of countries with an operational multisectoral national NCD policy, strategy or action plan which integrates several NCDs and shared risk factors in conformity with the global/regional NCD action plans 2013-2020 3 Number of countries with an operational policy, strategy or action plan to reduce the four major behavioural risk factors (i.e. harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and unhealthy diet). 4 Number of countries which provide early detection and integrated management of major NCDs and risk factors at the primary health care level 5 Number of countries that have a national research agenda and a prioritized research plan with funding for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 6 Number of countries with NCD surveillance and monitoring systems in place to enable reporting against the nine global NCD targets. (i.e. mortality by cause, surveillance of risk factors and a cancer registry in place.)
Global coordination mechanism (Appendix 5) UN Task Force on NCDs WHO Secretariat Global Coordination Mechanism Coordination Financing and Advocacy and awareness Capacity building Product access resource mobilization Product development and innovation Social Movement on NCDs
Reporting framework World Health Assembly: Every two years starting in 2015: Progress achieved in implementing the actions for the Secretariat Reporting on process indicators for Member States Every five years, starting in 2015: Reporting on 25 indicators included in the Global Monitoring Framework on NCDs UN General Assembly: Once in 2013: Report on progress achieved in realizing the commitments included in the Political Declaration on NCDs Global advocacy, setting the agenda, exercising leadership and communicating calls to action: Every three years (as started in 2010) WHO Global Status Report on NCDs
Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020 Ongoing : Different mechanisms to support the development of the post-2015 UN development agenda Moving forward: Should we ensure that NCDs continue to be included? How to ensure that? Health goals, UHC and NCDs as one of the targets
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