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Capitalizing on the Demographic Transition - Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in South Asia (Paperback)
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Capitalizing on the Demographic Transition - Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in South Asia (Paperback)
Series: Directions in Development - Human Development
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Increasing life expectancy in South Asia is resulting in a
demographic transition that can, under the right circumstances,
yield dividends through more favorable dependency ratios for a
time. With aging, the disease burden shifts toward noncommunicable
diseases (NCDs) which can threaten healthy aging. However, securing
the gains expected from the demographic dividend-where developing
countries' working and nondependent population increases and per
capita income thus rises- is both achievable and affordable through
efficiently tacking NCDs with prevention and control efforts. This
book looks primarily at cardiovascular disease (CVD) and tobacco
use since they account for a disproportionate amount of the NCD
burden-the focus is strategic, rather than comprehensive. The goal
of this book is to encourage countries to develop, adopt, and
implement effective and timely country and, where appropriate,
regional responses that reduce both population-level risk factors
and the NCD burden. The work develops (i) an NCD burden and risk
factor profile for all countries and the region as a whole; (ii) a
rationale for public policy and action for NCDs; (iii) a framework
to guide the formulation of public policies and strategies for
NCDs; (iv) a country profile, including capacity and ongoing NCD
activities, as well as policy options and actions for NCDs that
will help stimulate policy dialogue within and among countries; and
(v) a regional strategy for NCD prevention and control where
regional collaboration offers added value. The achievements of this
book are (i) developing a framework for policy options to identify
key areas for strategic country- and regional-level policy and
actions; (ii) bringing together demographic and aging trends,
disease and risk factor burden data, alongside analyses of
capacities and accomplishments to tackle NCDs; and (iii) using
these inputs to develop policy options for country and regional
strategies.
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