Pascal Boveta, Nick Banatvala
Metrics for diplomats: is mortality from non-communicable diseases increasing or decreasing?
Article
03 Jul 2025
SUNI-SEA Consortium, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
25 Oct 2023
Policy brief by the consortium scaling-up non-communicable diseases interventions in Southeast Asia. The document shares lessons learned from scaling up activities with regard to health promotion, screening and early detection of NCDs. It emphasises that besides increasing coverage and package of services also painting quality is essential to achieve sustainable results. It is necessary to develop a comprehensive approach for communities, healthcare organisations and programmes. The commitment of local governments, health authorities and financing agencies is indispensable in the process of scaling up.