Implementation of national action plans on noncommunicable diseases, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam.

TitipornTuangratananon; SangayWangmo; NimaliWidanapathirana; SuladdaPongutta; ShahedaViriyathorn; WalaipornPatcharanarumol; KoulandThin; SomilNagpal; Christian Edward LNuevo; Retna SiwiPadmawati; +8 more... Maria ElizabethPuyat-Murga; LaksonoTrisnantoro; KinzangWangmo; NalindaWellappuli; Phuong HoangThi; Tuan KhuongAnh; ThinleyZangmo; VirojTangcharoensathien; (2018) Implementation of national action plans on noncommunicable diseases, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam. BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 97 (2). pp. 129-141. ISSN 0042-9686 DOI: 10.2471/BLT.18.220483
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By 2016, Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) had developed and implemented national action plans on noncommunicable diseases in line with the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (2013-2020). In 2018, we assessed the implementation status of the recommended best-buy noncommunicable diseases interventions in seven Asian countries: Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam. We gathered data from a range of published reports and directly from health ministries. We included interventions that addressed the use of tobacco and alcohol, inadequate physical activity and high salt intake, as well as health-systems responses, and we identified gaps and proposed solutions. In 2018, progress was uneven across countries. Implementation gaps were largely due to inadequate funding; limited institutional capacity (despite designated noncommunicable diseases units); inadequate action across different sectors within and outside the health system; and a lack of standardized monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to inform policies. To address implementation gaps, governments need to invest more in effective interventions such as the WHO-recommended best-buy interventions, improve action across different sectors, and enhance capacity in monitoring and evaluation and in research. Learning from the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the WHO and international partners should develop a standardized, comprehensive monitoring tool on alcohol, salt and unhealthy food consumption, physical activity and health-systems response.



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