In Jamaica, for everyone dollar spent on NCD prevention, J$2.1 is gained in healthcare savings and productivity, with potential GDP savings of 4.3 per cent and 5,700 lives saved over 15 years.

Partnerships are essential for building sustainable NCD prevention and control programs. No single sector or organization can address the complex and multifaceted challenges of NCDs alone.

At the Regional Meeting on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases held in Brasilia, PAHO Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa highlighted that over 240 million people in the region live with ...

Along with the WHO NCD Best Buys, adding taxes or removing subsidies on health-harming commodities including tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages and fossil fuels are effective ways to curb ...

KIGALI - Global experts have called for investing in non-communicable disease prevention to curb the growing burden.Rwanda NCD Alliance chairperson Prof. Joseph Mucumbitsi says governments must ...

By Morkporkpor AnkuAccra, Feb. 14, GNA – Research Team on the UK NIHR-funded Project on STOP-Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Ghana Intervention Co-Design says there is poor funding for the NCD ...

NCDs significantly strain Jamaica’s economy and households. From 2015 to 2030, they are projected to cost the country US$18.45 billion—about US$6,306 per capita.

The Ghana NCD Alliance (GhNCDA), a civil society organization has put in place measures to guide its advocacy in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) within the context ...