Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in Bangladesh - Now is the Time (Paperback)

Bangladesh is undergoing a double transition-demographic and epidemiological. Increasing life expectancy and declining fertility entail a demographic transition fuelling a shift in the disease burden toward noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Yet due to absence of a robust routine health information system in the country, it is hard to accurately assess the disease burden and corresponding risk factors. So, using a wide range of sources, this book looks at the status of major NCDs in Bangladesh (and briefly in South Asia), touches on their economic impact, analyses their common risk factors, and assesses the health system's capacity to manage the disease transition. In a country where total health spending is low-$23 a head per year, two-thirds of it private-the main constraints on the health system are a weak regulatory framework; lack of strategic planning and coordination across sectors; lack of alignment between the goals of health strategy documents and the operational plans; a focus by the health system on treatment, not prevention; and a fragmented health service delivery system, leading to a lack of coordinated care critical for effectively managing NCDs. This book aims to help policy makers-inside and outside the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and its programme managers-to develop and implement effective and timely responses that reduce both population-level risk factors and the NCD burden in Bangladesh. It also outlines policy options and strategic priorities to help stimulate policy dialogue with stakeholders to tackle the NCD burden through strengthening health service provision, all articulated through a 'Policy Options Framework'. This framework is founded on the stewardship and regulatory role led by the health sector (represented by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare), which supports two broad categories-population-based and individual-based policy interventions, which in turn support four pillars: multisectoral and health sector interventions (population-based), and clinical preventive and treatment services (individual-based).

General

Imprint:	World Bank Publications
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Directions in Development
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	September 2013
Authors:	Sameh El-Saharty • Karar Zunaid Ahsan • Tarcey L. P. Koehlmoos • Michael M Engelgau
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	132
ISBN-13:	978-0-8213-9920-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8213-9920-9
Barcode:	9780821399200

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