Chronic Non Communicable Diseases. Case Management Desk Guide
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                WHO Package of Essential NCD Interventions (PEN)
Accessed March 18,2019
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases 2010 projects that noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) will be responsible for over 44 million deaths during the next decade, representing an increase of about 15% since 2010. Most of these deaths will occur in the WHO ...regions of Africa, South-East Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean. In the African Region alone, NCDs will cause around 3.9 million deaths by 2020. 
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                                                                As our world changes, so too does the burden of disease. Globalisation, evolving trade and consumption patterns, and increased access to life-saving medical care are just some of the factors that have transformed the global health landscape.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                As  part  of  our  commitment  to  the  fight  against  NCDs,  Nigeria was  signatory  to  the  political declaration  at  the  UN  General  Assembly  High  Level  Meeting  on  NCDs  in  September  2011. Thus, the purpose of this document is to develop and ensure the implementation of policies and p...rogrammes  that  will  engender  and  guarantee  a  healthy  lifestyle  and  quality  health  for  all  Nigerians.  The  core  sections  include  background,  scope  of  the  policy,  policy  goal,  strategic  thrusts for implementation, programme management and coordination, roles of stakeholders and partnership  coordination.  It  is  expected  that  with  the  adoption  of  this  policy,  the  control  and  prevention  of  NCDs  and  their  associated  risk  factors  will  be  well  integrated  at  all  levels  of  government  and  health  care  delivery  system  in  Nigeria.  This  policy  document  is  therefore a stepping  stone  towards  the  development  of  guidelines  for  the  prevention  and  management  of  NCDs.
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