Journal Article

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

Viriyathorn, Shaheda, Thin, Kouland, Wellappuli, Nalinda, Zangmo, Thinley, Trisnantoro, Laksono, Widanapathirana, Nimali, Puyat-Murga, Maria Elizabeth, Thi, Phuong Hoang, Nuevo, Christian Edward L, Tangcharoensathien, Viroj, Padmawati, Retna Siwi, Wangmo, Sangay, Pongutta, Suladda, Anh, Tuan Khuong, Tuangratananon, Titiporn, Patcharanarumol, Walaiporn, Nagpal, Somil, Wangmo, Kinzang

2019

Overview

By 2016, Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) had developed and implemented national action plans on noncommunicable diseases in line with the 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.

• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Subject: Action / Alcohol / Alcohol use / Alcohols / Body build / Data processing / Devaluation / Disease / Disease prevention / Diseases / Drinking behavior / Dues / Evaluation research / Exercise / Food consumption / Funding / Health care policy / Health services / Health status / Healthy food / Implementation / Intervention / Low income groups / Mortality / National plans / Noncommunicable diseases / Physical activity / Physical fitness / Policy & Practice / Policy and Practice / Premature mortality / Prevention / Public health / Salt / Surveillance / Sustainable development / Systematic review / Tobacco / Tobacco industry / Urine