Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020

The WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020 was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in May 2013. It was affirmed so that populations reach the highest attainable standards of health and productivity at every age and those diseases are no longer a barrier to well-being or socioeconomic development.

• Vision: A world free of the avoidable burden of non-communicable diseases.
• Goal: To reduce the preventable and avoidable burden of morbidity, mortality and disability due to non-communicable diseases by means of multi-sectoral collaboration and cooperation at national, regional and global levels.

Voluntary Global Targets

• A 25% relative reduction in risk of premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory diseases.
• At least 10% relative reduction in the harmful use of alcohol, as appropriate, within the national context.
• A 10% relative reduction in prevalence of insufficient physical activity.
• A 30% relative reduction in mean population intake of salt/sodium.
• A 30% relative reduction in prevalence of current tobacco use in persons aged 15+ years.
• A 25% relative reduction in the prevalence of raised blood pressure or contain the prevalence of raised blood pressure, according to national circumstances.
• Halt the rise in diabetes and obesity.
• At least 50% of eligible people receive drug therapy and counselling (including glycaemic control) to prevent heart attacks and strokes. An 80% availability of the affordable basic technologies and essential medicines, including generics, required to treat major non-communicable diseases in both public and private facilities.