Monitoring capacity and response
Background
In 2013, the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly endorsed the WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013–2020 (NCD-GAP), which provides a road map and a menu of policy options for all Member States and other stakeholders, to take coordinated and coherent action to attain the nine voluntary global targets by 2025. Two years later, WHO published a technical note on how WHO will report in 2017 to the United Nations General Assembly on the progress achieved in the implementation of national commitments included in the 2011 UN Political Declaration.
More recently, the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development adopted the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, including a target for reduction in premature NCD mortality. In 2019, the Seventy-second World Health Assembly extended the period of the
global action plan to 2030 to ensure alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Our work
In order to fulfil WHO’s mandate to monitor countries’ progress towards the aforementioned targets and commitments, the NCD Surveillance, Monitoring and Reporting unit conducts periodic assessments, known as the NCD country capacity survey (NCD CCS). The data collected are available in published reports and the WHO Global Health Observatory, additionally they inform the majority of the indicators reported in the periodic NCD Progress Monitor reports As part of the NCD CCS, countries submit supporting documents to enable WHO to validate their responses to the survey. Documents received are available in the WHO NCD document repository.
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Publications
Assessing national capacity for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: report of the...
To assess national-level responses to NCDs, WHO has implemented NCD country capacity surveys periodically since 2001. This report is the latest in that...
Noncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor 2022
In May 2015 the World Health Organization published a Technical Note on how WHO will report in 2017 to the United Nations General Assembly on the progress...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on noncommunicable disease resources and services: results of a rapid...
This report presents the results of a rapid assessment conducted by the NCD Department in May 2020 detailing the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Noncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor 2020
In May 2015 the World Health Organization published a Technical Note on how WHO will report in 2017 to the United Nations General Assembly on the progress...
Assessing national capacity for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: report of the...
This report presents the results of the seventh round of the NCD country capacity survey, conducted in 2019. The questionnaire covered the following...
Assessing National Capacity for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: Report of the...
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...
Noncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor 2017
In May 2015 the World Health Organization published a Technical Note on how WHO will report in 2017 to the United Nations General Assembly on the progress...
Assessing National Capacity for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: Report of the...
As part of its efforts to track global progress to reduce premature death from preventable NCDs, WHO conducted its fifth national NCD country capacity...
Noncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor 2015
In May 2015, the Director-General published a Technical Note on how WHO will report in 2017 to the United Nations General Assembly on the progress achieved...
Assessing national capacity for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: report of the...
In 2013, WHO conducted the fourth NCD Disease Country Capacity Survey (NCD CCS) to review progress to date, identify possible gaps, highlight lessons learned,...
Assessing National Capacity for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: Report of the...
To assess the capacity of countries to respond to NCDs, WHO conducted in 2010 a global NCD country capacity survey (NCD CCS). The survey gathered...