Assessing health system challenges and opportunities for better noncommunicable disease outcomes: the case of Mauritius

Table 6 Mauritius scorecard for individual NCD services

Policy option	Score
CVD
Risk stratification in primary health care [3, 29]	Limited
Effective detection and management of hypertension [3, 29]	Moderate
Effective primary prevention in high-risk groups [3, 29]	Extensive
Effective secondary prevention after AMI including acetylsalicylic acid [3, 29]	Extensive
Rapid response and secondary care after AMI and stroke [3, 29]	Moderate
Diabetes
Effective detection and general follow-up [3]	Moderate
Patient education on nutrition, physical activity and glucose management [3]	Moderate
Hypertension management among diabetes patients [3]	Moderate
Prevention of complications (that is eye and foot examinations) [3]	Moderate
Cancer – first line
Prevention of liver cancer through hepatitis B Immunization [3, 29, 49, 57, 58]	Extensive
Screening for cervical cancer and treatment of precancerous lesions [3, 29, 49, 57, 58]	Moderate
Cancer – second line
Vaccination against human papilloma virus [3, 29, 49, 57, 58]	Moderate
Early case-finding for breast cancer and timely treatment of all stages [3, 29, 49, 57, 58]	Limited
Population-based colorectal cancer screening at age > 50 linked with timely treatment [3, 29, 49, 57, 58]	Limited
Oral cancer screening in high-risk groups linked with timely treatment [3, 29, 49, 57, 58]	Limited

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