4. 4 |
Deaths in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
The three highest burden countries, 2012
Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions NCDs Injuries
82%
11%
7%
Tunisia
85%
4% 11%
85%
9%
6%
Egypt Lebanon
NCD country profiles, 2014
5. NCDs, 1-2 September 20155
Increased exposure to
risk factors
Noncommunicable diseases
Increasing health care costs; out-of-pocket
and catastrophic expenditurePoverty at
household level
Loss of
household
income
Socioeconomic costs of noncommunicable diseases
New perspectives
Globalization
Urbanization
Population ageing
6. NCDs, 1-2 September 20156
Modifiable causative risk factors
Tobacco use
Unhealthy
diets
Physical
inactivity
Harmful use of
alcohol
Noncommunicablediseases
Heart disease and
stroke
Diabetes
Cancer
Chronic lung disease
Noncommunicable Diseases and
major lifestyle related risk factors
7. NCDs, 1-2 September 20157
– Risk factors are rising; action is uneven and
has major gaps
– Magnitude is progressively increasing;
health systems are already overwhelmed in
many countries
– Commitment is not always translated into
sustainable and effective action
NCD trends
8. 8 |
2011 Landmark
First High-level Meeting on NCDs
resulted in the 2011 UN Political
Declaration on NCDs (resolution
A/RES/66/2)
Road map of commitments included in the 2011 UN Political Declaration on NCDs