National Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Major Non-Communicable Diseases 2013-2017 EFY (2020/21-2024/25).

The National Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Major Non-Communicable Diseases 2013-2017 EFY (2020/21-2024/25) (NCD Strategic Plan) has as overarching goal to reduce the burden of NCDs by promoting healthy lifestyles, reducing common risk factors and providing integrated, evidenced based, innovative and cost effective clinical interventions. The objectives of the national NCD Strategic Plan are: 1) strengthen national capacity, public policies through health in all policies, leadership, governance, multi-sectoral action and partnership to accelerate country response for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases; 2) Reduce exposure to modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases and promotion of health throughout the lifecycle through the creation of health-promoting environments; 3) Strengthen and reorient health systems to address prevention and control of non-communicable diseases through people-centered primary health care and universal health coverage; 4) Strengthen national capacity for NCD surveillance and high-quality research for prevention and control of non- communicable diseases 5) Strengthen international cooperation and advocacy to raise the priority accorded to prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in the development agenda and in internationally agreed development goals.
Strategic Interventions include: implementing public awareness activities on healthy diets; develop national dietary guidelines to promote healthy dietary habits; collaborate with the national/regional nutrition council and task forces to address the dietary risk factors for NCDs; liaise with the Ministry of Education to introduce healthy diet promotion in school curriculums and awareness creation activities; develop and implement policies and legislations to promote healthy diet (reduction of salt, sugar, saturated fat, trans-fat; and promote regular fruit and vegetable consumption); promoting physical activity; reduce harmful consumption of alcohol and tobacco; promote interventions on the reduction of exposure to environmental and occupational risk factors. The One Health Tool was used to to estimate cost of interventions, what interventions are needed, personnel time needed, number of drugs needed, etc.