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Sagar Dugani1,2, Thomas A Gaziano3
1Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, 02115, USA. sagar.dugani@utoronto.ca.
Insights
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause most global deaths. The UN aims to reduce major NCDs by 25% by 2025, focusing on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and lifestyle factors.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Global Health
Background:
- Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like cardiovascular disease (CVD), chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, and cancer cause over 60% of global deaths.
- Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for half of all NCD deaths and up to 60% in some regions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline global strategies and targets for reducing NCD mortality by 2025.
- To highlight the focus on cardiovascular disease as a primary target for intervention.
Main Methods:
- The United Nations established a target to reduce major NCDs by 25% by 2025.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) set specific targets for conditions and risk factors, including lifestyle (physical activity, salt intake, tobacco) and established conditions (obesity, hypertension, diabetes).
Main Results:
- Focus on lifestyle risk factors and established conditions is central to achieving NCD reduction goals.
- Encouragement of health system efforts to improve medical treatment for high-risk individuals.
Conclusions:
- International organizations are promoting efforts to achieve NCD reduction targets.
- A multi-faceted approach involving lifestyle changes, condition management, and healthcare system improvements is crucial for combating the NCD epidemic.
Abstract:
Four non-communicable diseases-cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes mellitus, and cancer-account for over 60 % of all deaths globally. In recognition of this significant epidemic, the United Nations set forth a target of reducing the four major NCDs by 25 % by 2025. Cardiovascular disease alone represents half of these deaths and is the leading cause of death globally, representing as much as 60 % of all deaths in regions such as Eastern Europe. In response, the WHO set specific targets on conditions and risk factors and changes in the health systems structure in order to achieve the goals. The focus was set on lifestyle risk factors-physical activity, salt-intake, and tobacco-and established conditions-obesity, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. Health system efforts to improve medical treatment of high risk are encouraged. Efforts to achieve the goal are being promoted by leading international CVD organizations.
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