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Chronic diseases also known as Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) -namely cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes- are the leading causes of premature death and disability in most countries in the Americas. These diseases share common risk factors which include tobacco use, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol and unhealthy diets. NCDs can be prevented and controlled through changes in lifestyle, public policies and health interventions and require an intersectoral and integrated approach. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 March 2012 )
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The PAFNCD is a “whole of government and whole of society effort” to confront the NCD epidemic in the Americas following the Declaration of the United Nations High Level Meeting on NCD (UNHLM) of September 2011.
The World Health Statistics 2012 report, released today, puts the spotlight on the growing problem of the noncommunicable diseases burden. One in three adults worldwide, according to the report, has raised blood pressure...
In observance of World No Tobacco Day, May 31, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will honor leading tobacco control advocates from Brazil and Mexico...
Health experts from throughout the Americas concluded a two-day meeting in Brazil by pledging joint action to fight non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which take the lives of nearly 4 million people in the hemisphere each year. 
