Assessing National Capacity for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: Report of the 2017 Global Survey

Overview

The purpose of this report is to provide an updated snapshot of the progress countries are making to beat NCDs, recognizing that the level of progress and investments to date are insufficient to meet SDG target 3.4 and that the world has yet to fulfil its promises made at the High-level Meetings of the General Assembly on NCDs in 2011, 2014 and 2018. Data are presented from the 6th NCD Country Capacity Survey (NCD CCS) in which countries were asked to provide detailed information on their capacity to address NCDs, and to determine current strengths and weaknesses in terms of their NCD infrastructure, policy response, surveillance and health-systems response. The results of the 2017 NCD CCS provide further evidence of the challenges in addressing NCDs globally and at the national level.