Multisectoral Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (2018-2025).

The United Nations has set one of the targets in the sustainable development targets (SDG) as to reduce the premature deaths due to Non-communicable disease by one-third by 2030 to ensure good health. To achieve many other goals of SDGs including poverty alleviation, environmental protection, environment-friendly health city, there is an importance of controlling non-communicable diseases. The goal of this Multisectoral Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) is to reduce preventable morbidity, avoidable disability and premature mortality due to NCDs through multisectoral collaboration and coordination and "health in all policy" approach. The key focus of the Action Plan is addressing conventional NCDs that include four diseases - cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes. These make the largest contribution to mortality and morbidity due to NCDs.
To achieve the goal, Objectives are set up in the Policy, including: 1. To accelerate and scale up responses to NCDs through effective multisectoral partnerships and "health in all policies" approach. 2. To improve the capacity of individuals, families and communities to live a healthy life and reduce the risk of developing NCDs by increasing health literacy and creating healthy and safe environments, conducive to making healthier choices. 3. To strengthen the health system by improving access to health care services for primary prevention, early detection and treatment of NCDs. 4. To establish a sound surveillance, monitoring and evaluation system that generates data for evidence-based policy and programme development. Implementation of the Action Plan employs the "health in all policies" approach, engaging actors outside the health sector that tackle and influence public policies on shared risk factors, such as tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol, exposure to poor indoor air quality.