Preventive Care

a large number of people at a small risk may give rise to more cases of disease than the small number who are at high risk

The screened clients are managed at HLCs, based on the total-risk approach to assess their 10-year CVD risk, using the World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension risk-prediction chart.

This was then followed by the National Strategic Plan for Non-Communicable Diseases (NSP-NCD) 2016-2025 published in ( 8 ).

Over the 2019/2020 period, Jamaica Moves engaged with more than 150 workplaces to promote healthy lifestyles, hosted focus groups across the island, managed social media pages with daily original content, which saw 53 per cent growth in followers, more than 12 million impressions, and 183,000 engagements.

Susan G. Komen's mission is to reduce breast cancer mortality through community-based programs and research funding.

the Indian Government, through the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, initiated the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) in 1975.

to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke

Edward Jenner (17 May 1749 - 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine.

World Stroke Day is observed on October 29 to underscore the serious nature and high rates of stroke, raise awareness of the prevention and treatment of the condition, and ensure better care and support for survivors.

The World Heart Federation (WHF) is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, formed in 1978.

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is an umbrella organisation of over 240 national diabetes associations in more than 161 countries and territories.

MPOWER is a policy package intended to assist in the country-level implementation of effective interventions to reduce the demand for tobacco, as ratified by the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

World Diabetes Day (WDD) is the primary global awareness campaign focusing on diabetes mellitus and is held on 14 November each year.

World Hypertension Day (WHD) is a day designated and initiated by The World Hypertension League (WHL), which is itself an umbrella to organizations of 85 national hypertension societies and leagues.

World Cancer Day is an international day marked on 4 February to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.

Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide.

World Obesity Day, an internationally recognized event, moved to March 4 in 2020 from its previous date on October 11.

World Kidney Day (WKD) is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance of the kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is a cardiovascular research charity in the United Kingdom.

The National Cancer Council Malaysia (MAKNA, Malay: Majlis Kanser Nasional), is a Malaysian not-for-profit organization dedicated to reducing the pain, suffering and morbidity that cancer patients often experience.

The National Stroke Association was a U.S.-based nonprofit organization working between the years 1984-2019 to reduce the incidence and impact of stroke, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is a United States-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, early detection, and treatment of kidney disease.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating cancer.

Within this context, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is acting as a convenor, facilitating the creation of new partnerships, new ideas and interventions in addressing healthy living and chronic disease prevention.

The government of Vietnam has adopted the National Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Management Strategy, which includes a target to reduce the premature death rate due to NCDs by 20 percent in 2025 compared to that in 2015, and to reduce behaviors and conditions that contribute to CVDs, such as containing the proportion of adults with hypertension to less than 30 percent by 2025. b In June, the MOH launched guidance for enhancing NCD management at the primary care level.

The Non-Communicable Diseases like Cardiovascular diseases, Cancer, Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Diabetes, etc. are estimated to account for around 60% of all deaths.

In 2019, the World Health Assembly extended the WHO Global action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs 2013-2020 to 2030 and called for the development of an Implementation Roadmap 2023 to 2030 to accelerate progress on preventing and controlling NCDs.

There are also several major issues, such as severely aging population, the burden of chronic diseases, the insufficiency of health expenditure, and the great demand on health protection, waiting to be dealt with during the implementation process of “Healthy China 2030”.

This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of the LiveLighter® campaign in preventing obesity-related ill health in the Western Australian population from the health sector perspective.

IraPEN (the PEN package implemented in Iran), adopted from PEN and Iran National Action Plans for NCDs, addresses challenges regarding NCD prevention and control.

The Specific Health Guidance There are two types of SHG in this program: (1) Intensive HG is offered to those who have two or more risk factors with abdominal obesity or three or more risk factors with overweight (BMI > 25) but without abdominal obesity.

Healthy People is a program of a nationwide health-promotion and disease-prevention goals set by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

WISEWOMAN provides cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor assessments, referrals for treatment, and support for lifestyle change among participants aged 35-64 to reduce the risk for heart disease and stroke.