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Dr. Susan Mercado Director, Division of NCD and promoting health across the life course

Dr. Susan Mercado Director, Division of NCD and promoting health across the life course. REGIONAL RESPONSE. Regional response to overweight, obesity and diabetes. Regional action plan for NCD prevention and control Regional action plan on double burden of malnutrition

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Dr. Susan Mercado Director, Division of NCD and promoting health across the life course

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  1. Dr. Susan MercadoDirector, Division of NCD and promoting health across the life course REGIONAL RESPONSE

  2. Regional response to overweight, obesity and diabetes • Regional action plan for NCD prevention and control • Regional action plan on double burden of malnutrition • Generating data and synthesizing knowledge • Advocacy and guidance • Tool kits to support regulation of NCD risk factors • Regulation of marketing of children • Ban on SSBs in children • Building capacity • Action for healthier families • Promotion and protection of breast feeding • Settings based approach • Physical activity promotion • Universal health coverage • Knowledge network on NCD management

  3. Regional action plan for NCD prevention and control (2014-2020)

  4. Regional action plan on double burden of malnutrition

  5. Generating data Adult-STEPS and Children-GSHS surveys Sugar-Sweetened Beverages & Obesity: A Primer on Interventions to Reduce Consumption

  6. Outdoor advertisement of unhealthy foods near schools in Manila Density of unhealthy food advertisements per study site and type of school Top ten most commonly advertised brands

  7. Advocacy and guidance

  8. Marketing

  9. Tool kits PEARL RADAR FCTC Set of Recommendations on the marketing of F&NAB (WHA63.14) Global strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol (WHA63.13) The Code and subsequent resolutions Building on global commitments Review of regionally availablepolicyinstruments Food and non-alcoholic beverages Baby Food Industry Tobacco Alcohol PEARL: pathways for effective action through regulation and legislation Assess national policy instruments Assess implementation (enforcement) of national policy instruments, their provisions (compared to global commitments) and possible barriers for enforcement. PEARL component: online questionnaire (‘decision tree’) to produce a country specific situation analysis Draft new policy instruments PEARL component: Based on country situation – recommendations provided whether a new policy may be needed – and how to initiate the process of drafting a new policy instrument. “Model” legislations/ instruments to be collated. Amend existing policy instruments PEARL component : Based on country situation – key areas that may need strengthening (compared to global commitments / and to avoid “loopholes”) in the current policy instruments are proposed Actions proposed related to the identified barriers to support policy implementation / enforcement. Reassess / Refine policy instruments PEARL component : Guidance on CQI provided

  10. Building capacity • Guidance for countries to engage with non state actors • Approaching regulation of unhealthy products • Tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy foods and beverages and breast milk substiutes

  11. Life course • Health across life course • Obesity and diabetes prevention starts in the womb • Breast feeding prevents diabetes

  12. Settings based approaches • Healthy cities, health promoting schools and healthy work places • Promote healthier food options • Promote physical activity • Environmentally sustainable and healthy urban transport (ESHUT)

  13. Action for healthier families

  14. Universal health coverage • No UHC without NCD • Defined package of services for NCDs • Financial protection

  15. Western Pacific Diabetes Declaration • A partnership of WHO-WPR, SPC and IDF-WPR

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