Package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care in low-resource settings
26 October 2010
| Technical document
Overview
The WHO Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions (WHO PEN) for primary care in low-resource settings is an innovative and action-oriented response to the above challenges. It is a prioritized set of cost-effective interventions that can be delivered to an acceptable quality of care, even in resource-poor settings. It will reinforce health system strengthening by contributing to the building blocks of the health system. Cost effectiveness of the selected interventions will help to make limited resources go further and the user-friendly nature of the tools that are been developed, will empower primary care physicians as well as allied health workers to contribute to NCD care.
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WHO Team
Emergency Preparedness (WPE),
Health Product Policy and Standards (HPS),
Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MDD),
Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability (NCD)
Editors
World Health Organization
Number of pages
65
Reference numbers
ISBN: 978-92-4-159899-6