Commentary: setting priorities in NCD prevention and control

NCD Prevention and Control: Sustainable and Comprehensive Solutions; A Response to Recent Commentaries

Setting priorities for surveillance, prevention, and control of zoonoses in Bogotá, Colombia.

OBJECTIVE To establish priorities for zoonoses surveillance, prevention, and control in Bogotá, Colombia. METHODS A Delphi panel of experts in veterinary and human medicine was conducted using a validated prioritization method to assess the importance of 32 selected zoonoses. This exercise was complemented by a questionnaire survey, using the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) methodol...

Research Priorities for NCD Prevention and Climate Change: An International Delphi Survey

Climate change and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are arguably the greatest global challenges of the 21st Century. However, the confluence between them remains under-examined and there is little evidence of a comprehensive, systematic approach to identifying research priorities to mitigate their joint impact. Consequently, we: (i) convened a workshop of academics (n = 25) from the Worldwide U...

Policies and priorities to combat NCD challenges in India

Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have replaced communicable diseases as the most common causes of morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. Since 1980, the Government of India had supported states in prevention and control of cancer as a vertical program. However, several challenges were identified, such as: lack of comprehensive approach to key NCDs including diabetes and cardiovasc...

Setting priorities in health

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the Nuffield Trust for giving us the opportunity to undertake this research work, with particular thanks to the Efficiency research programme steering group for their expert advice and guidance, and the reviewers for their very helpful and detailed comments. We would also like to thank those who helped develop and pilot the electronic survey. Finally, we ...