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Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health

PAHO

Published in : 2007

Available in : English

The goal of this strategy (CD47/17) is to prevent and reduce the burden of chronic diseases and risk factors in the Americas. The target is a 2% annual reduction in death rates from the major chronic diseases, over and above current trends, which will result in the lives of over three million people being saved over the next 10 years, thus enabling them to discharge their social and work-related responsibilities.

The Strategy is comprehensive and intersectoral, and it is closely related strategies are the CD47-18 and CD47-16. It is integrated, spanning prevention and control strategies focusing on the major chronic diseases and cross-cutting risk factors (especially diet, physical activity, tobacco, and alcohol).

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Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases (PDF, 1.59Mb)

Stratégie régionale et plan d’action pour une approche intégrée de la prévention des maladies chroniques (PDF, 736.57Kb)

Estrategia regional y plan de acción para un enfoque integrado sobre la prevención y el controlde las enfermedades crónicas (PDF, 1.59Mb)

Originally posted at : PAHO - Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control

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Themes: Diet and lifestyle, general, Interventions, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Overnutrition, general, Accountability, Accountability, Diet related chronic disease, Dietary diversity, Dietary recommendations, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Monitoring and evaluation, Monitoring and evaluation, Nutrition information and education, Nutrition information and education, Obesity and overweight, Socio-economic, Surveillance systems, Surveillance systems