Countries are increasingly becoming aware and burdened with epidemic of NCDs. In many developing countries, the current approach to delivery of primary care interventions for people with chronic NCDs is often unstructured and inadequate. These countries face the greatest predicted increase in NCD deaths but have the least resources for an effective response.... [More]

Countries are increasingly becoming aware and burdened with epidemic of NCDs. In many developing countries, the current approach to delivery of primary care interventions for people with chronic NCDs is often unstructured and inadequate. These countries face the greatest predicted increase in NCD deaths but have the least resources for an effective response. Therefore, health systems need to be further strengthened to deliver an effective, realistic and affordable package of interventions and services for people with NCDs. This may need further investment in infrastructures, training, employment and deployment of new health worker or retraining/upgrading skills and competencies of existing workforce along with appropriate information, surveillance and management system. This should be everyone business and not only responsibility of Ministry of Health. Therefore, countries urgently need a strategic multisectoral, well-funded public health approach to achieve universal coverage at affordable cost of noncommunicable disease prevention and management. Primary healthcare providers, including those in the government (e. g. Ministry of Health, prison, military, etc.) and non-government (NGO or private) services need to provide services in structured and well-coordinated fashion. NCD epidemic, health system response, multisectoral approach, disease prevention and management, health planning, affordable framework, universal health coverage, systematic diagnosis, infrastructure resource, human resource[Less]