Table 1 Description of policy documents reviewed
From: Framing global discourses on non-communicable diseases: a scoping review
Year of Publication | Document owner | Document Title | Document Type | Focal Point of Discussion | Purpose of document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | World Health Organization [35] | Global action plan for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases 2013–2020 | Global Action Plan | NCDs | The report provides a framework to guide countries in developing and implementing national action plans to address NCDs. |
2013 | World Health Organization [45] | Mental health action plan 2013–2020 | Action Plan | Mental Health | The action plan provides a framework and objectives to guide countries in developing their own national action plans and targets to address mental health. |
2014 | World Bank [46] | NCD Roadmap Report | Roadmap | NCDs | This NCD Roadmap Report serves as a background resource document for officials to review the latest evidence about the economic and financial implications of responding to the NCD crisis in the Pacific Islands. |
2015 | International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations [47] | Framework for Action for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases | Framework report | NCDs | This document serves as a framework to guide industry’s activities to tackle the rise of NCDs. The framework comprises 12 principles within four primary domains relating to innovation, access to care, patient empowerment, and capacity building. |
2016 | NCD Alliance [48] | NCD Alliance Strategic Plan 2016–2020 | Strategic Plan | NCDs | The Strategic Plan sets out NCD Alliance's long-term goals and medium-term targets that align with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. |
2017 | World Economic Forum [49] | Human-Centric Health: Behaviour Change and the Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases | White Paper | NCDs | The White Paper describes a human-centric health ecosystem that can shape cooperation between stakeholders from the public and private sectors to achieve shared goals. These are (1) reducing the risks that bring about and worsen NCDs, (2) providing efficient and effective care for disease sufferers, and thereby (3) improving well-being across the globe. |
2018 | United Nations [50] | Political declaration of the 3rd High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases: resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | Political Declaration | NCDs (highlighted the inclusion of mental health) | This document outlines the commitment by the member states on addressing NCD burden globally. The Political Declaration was approved by the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases on 27 September 2018. |
2019 | Pan American Health Organization [42] | Non-communicable diseases in the Region of the Americas: facts and figures | Factsheet | NCDs (highlighted the inclusion of mental health) | This booklet presents facts and figures on NCD burden for the Region of the Americas. “The focus is on the 5 × 5 NCD agenda which includes the main NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases), and mental health (suicide); as well as the main NCD risk factors (tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet, insufficient physical activity), along with air pollution.” |
2019 | The Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health [51] | Health Taxes to Save Lives | Review | NCDs | “The Task Force reviewed the evidence on the impact of tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverage excise tax policy on consumption, health, and revenue outcomes. In addition, the Task Force commissioned an analysis of the potential impact of significant excise tax increases on these products.” This report presents five key messages based on the review and analysis, and summarises the Task Force’s “recommendations on the implementation of excise tax policies to improve health”. |