Launch of the noncommunicablediseases (NCDs) project

Zsuzsanna Jakab

WHO Regional Director for Europe

1 December 2014 Moscow

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Eur-A: 27 countries with very low child and adult mortalityEur-B: 17 countries with low child and adult mortalityEur-C: 9 countries with low child but high adult mortality

Russian Federation’s role in the fight

against NCDs: Global leadership

• First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy

Lifestyles and Noncommunicable Disease Control

(2011)

• Moscow Declaration, endorsed by the

World Health Assembly

Regional support of the Russian

Federation

Activity Armenia Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan

Assessment √ √ √ √

Stakeholder workshop √ √ √

National plan drafted √ √ √

National plan adopted √ √

National targets set √ √ √

STEPS reported √ √

Responding to the challenges:

renewed policy environment

Implementation (1)Reduce health inequalities

Implementation (2)National Health 2020 policies

Clear policy frameworks and supporting strategies & plans

Strong infrastructure for NCDs to

implement the strategic vision

A new level of cohesion within health sector and more sophisticated coordination across sectors

Implementation (3)

Infrastructure and interventions

National plans & systems

Surveillance

Disease prevention

Disease management

Thank you!