http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2014;volume=58;issue=3;spage=143;epage=146;aulast=Kishore
Observing epidemiological transition of various diseases throughout the world, it is quite apparent that the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is a major concern. In this era of globalization, developing countries, including India cannot remain untouched from the threats and major developments in the field of international health and NCDs.
The fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health was organized with the theme "Multidisciplinary Approaches to Emerging Challenges" in Seoul, Korea on April 10-11, 2014. Considering the growing burden of NCDs, in Asia, the Seoul Health Declaration [1] on NCD prevention and control was proposed, whereby an emphasis was placed on the need for a "multi-sectoral, whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to stem the "rising tide of lifestyle-related diseases" by providing strong and sustained political support for NCDs prevention and control, ensuring a supportive government policy environment and a coordinating mechanism to mainstream the response to NCDs, reducing the common modifiable risk factors, strengthening and integrating health systems to ensure that NCDs prevention and control is part of a funded
,
coherent, balanced, realistic and comprehensive health planning
process, prioritizing human and financial resources and infrastructure
to ensure equitable coverage of evidence-based NCDs prevention and
control interventions and providing integrated, but practical monitoring
and accountability systems and a small number of quantified, timed
targets and indicator to assess progress nationally.
The Seoul Health Declaration has significant implications on India's strategy for prevention and control of NCDs because of its location in Asia and its disease contribution to the whole world. The Seoul Health Declaration comprises of the problem statement in the region and 11 articles specify actions, which are as follows: READ MORE http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2014;volume=58;issue=3;spage=143;epage=146;aulast=Kishore
Observing epidemiological transition of various diseases throughout the world, it is quite apparent that the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is a major concern. In this era of globalization, developing countries, including India cannot remain untouched from the threats and major developments in the field of international health and NCDs.
The fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health was organized with the theme "Multidisciplinary Approaches to Emerging Challenges" in Seoul, Korea on April 10-11, 2014. Considering the growing burden of NCDs, in Asia, the Seoul Health Declaration [1] on NCD prevention and control was proposed, whereby an emphasis was placed on the need for a "multi-sectoral, whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to stem the "rising tide of lifestyle-related diseases" by providing strong and sustained political support for NCDs prevention and control, ensuring a supportive government policy environment and a coordinating mechanism to mainstream the response to NCDs, reducing the common modifiable risk factors, strengthening and integrating health systems to ensure that NCDs prevention and control is part of a funded
,
coherent, balanced, realistic and comprehensive health planning
process, prioritizing human and financial resources and infrastructure
to ensure equitable coverage of evidence-based NCDs prevention and
control interventions and providing integrated, but practical monitoring
and accountability systems and a small number of quantified, timed
targets and indicator to assess progress nationally.The Seoul Health Declaration has significant implications on India's strategy for prevention and control of NCDs because of its location in Asia and its disease contribution to the whole world. The Seoul Health Declaration comprises of the problem statement in the region and 11 articles specify actions, which are as follows: READ MORE http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2014;volume=58;issue=3;spage=143;epage=146;aulast=Kishore
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