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| National Program on Prevention of Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases (NPPNCCD) |
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Goal: To reduce morbidity due to NCCDs, raise awareness to reduce the main shared modifiable risk factors for NCCD, and accord priority at National level to NCCDs
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To effectively raise the priority accorded to NCCD in developmental work at National levels and lobby to integrate prevention and control of such diseases into policies across all government departments. |
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To promote interventions to reduce the main shared modifiable risk factors for NCCD: tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol |
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To effectively use research for prevention and control of NCCD |
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To build and promote partnerships for prevention and control of NCCD |
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