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Outcome
13. Risk factors for NCDs
NCDs and Risk Factors, Mental Health, Violence and Injuries
13. Risk factors for NCDs
Budget
Approved Budget - New
27.6
US$ MILLION
Priority

High

Proposed Budget - New
28.0
US$$ MILLION
Related Outputs and Indicators
  • 13.1.a. Number of countries and territories implementing population-based policy measures to reduce the harmful use of alcohol in line with PAHO and WHO resolutions
  • 13.1.b. Number of countries and territories implementing a national policy or strategy on physical activity
  • 13.1.c. Number of countries and territories implementing policies to reduce salt/sodium consumption in the population
  • 13.1.d. Number of countries and territories implementing policies and/or actions to regulate unhealthy food and drink products
  • 13.1.e. Number of countries and territories covered by best-practice policies to eliminate industrially produced trans-fatty acids in the food supply
  • 13.1.f. Number of Member States that have implemented the four major demand-reduction measures in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the highest level of achievement
How the secretariat will deliver

Key Technical Cooperation Interventions

  • Step up leadership
    • Continue advocating to improve legislation and multisector policies that address the major risk factors for NCDs, increasing capacity for advocacy and management of conflicts of interest. Efforts will also be intensified to enhance coordination with actors beyond the national health authority.
    • Promote implementation of multisectoral policies to promote physical activity in line with the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018–2030.
    • Support plans, policies, interventions, and surveillance to eliminate industrially produced trans-fatty acids in line with the regional Plan of Action for the Elimination of Industrially Produced Trans-fatty Acids 2020–2025 and WHO’s REPLACE package.
  • Support countries
    • Enable countries and territories to improve legislation and multisector policies that address the major risk factors for NCDs, increasing capacity for advocacy and management of conflicts of interest. Efforts will also be intensified to enhance coordination with actors beyond the national health authority.
    • Support the development and implementation of policies, protocols, and technical tools to implement updated regional salt reduction targets for processed and ultra-processed food, as well as other salt reduction policies and interventions that are part of WHO’s SHAKE package and “best buys.”
    • Support countries on the implementation of the WHO Acceleration Plan to STOP Obesity to tackle the epidemic in high-burden countries and catalyze regional action.
    • Support the implementation at national level of the WHO SAFER package to reduce harmful use of alcohol, and strengthen advocacy, evidence, and monitoring of alcohol consumption, harms, and policies.
  • Produce technical products on norms and standards, data, and research
    • Support the drafting, enactment, design, implementation, and evaluation of tobacco control policies consistent with the WHO FCTC, with emphasis on the four WHO “best buys”: a) increase tobacco taxes; b) establish smoke-free environments in all indoor public places and workplaces; c) establish mandatory large and graphic health warnings on tobacco packaging; and d) ban tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship and strengthen surveillance systems for tobacco. These measures will include new and novel tobacco and nicotine products in line with FCTC mandates and decisions.