Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020

The WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020 was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in May 2013. It was affirmed so that populations reach the highest attainable standards of health and productivity at every age and those diseases are no longer a barrier to well-being or socioeconomic development.

• Vision: A world free of the avoidable burden of non-communicable diseases.
• Goal: To reduce the preventable and avoidable burden of morbidity, mortality and disability due to non-communicable diseases by means of multi-sectoral collaboration and cooperation at national, regional and global levels.