• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Health and Noncommunicable Diseases : Bending the Noncommunicable Diseases Cost Curve in the Pacific
  • Beteiligte: Hou, Xiaohui [VerfasserIn]; Hou, Xiaohui [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Burton-Mckenzie, Ethan-John [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Anderson, Ian [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
  • Erschienen: Washington, D.C: The World Bank, 2017
  • Erschienen in: Other papers
    World Bank E-Library Archive
  • Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1596/28136
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  • Beschreibung: This is a background paper to the Pacific Possible report. Pacific Island countries suffer from a non-communicable diseases crises, with some of the world's highest rates of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. This report estimates the long-term economic impact if the crisis continues unchecked. Implementation of the NCD roadmap is essential to stemming the crisis