Planning and Management of Cross-Sectoral Programs: Strategies to Address NCDs

TLDR: In this article, the authors describe, analyze, and recommend approaches and technologies to improve the response to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and risk factors, based on past experiences and new challenges especially for developing countries.

Abstract: This chapter intends to describe, analyze, and recommend approaches and technologies to improve the response to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and risk factors, based on past experiences and new challenges especially for developing countries. The recommendations include key issues to design, implement, and evaluate population-based interventions addressing chronic NCDs, responding to questions such as the following: Why interventions addressing NCDs have not produced the expected results, especially in developing countries? What strategies and tools have contributed to the successful planning and implementation of effective interventions?