The United Nations Political Declaration on Non-communicable Diseases: are countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region ready to respond?

摘要

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), mainly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory diseases, are the leading causes of death globally and in the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO-EMR) [1]. These diseases have reached epidemic proportions, yet they could be significantly reduced, with millions of lives saved and untold suffering avoided, through prevention, early detection and timely treatment.