Disability, noncommunicable disease and health information

• DOI: 10.2471/blt.15.156869
• Publication Date: 2016-02-26T11:32:34Z
• Authors: Nicola C Richards; Hebe N Gouda; Jo Durham; Rasika Rampatige; Anna Rodney; Maxine Whittaker
• Keywords: Global Health

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a major cause of preventable disability worldwide.1 While actions to monitor NCDs have gained significant momentum in the global health agenda, similar developments and manage growing burden NCD-related been relatively slow. The NCD action plan was developed support country efforts addressing devastating social, economic public impacts NCDs.2 includes nine voluntary targets monitoring framework. However, framework has criticized for its focus on mortality while neglecting adequate measures morbidity disability.3 This resulted from focusing existing data within information systems, rather than identifying appropriate measuring disease burden. Indeed, issue chronicity seems absent most evaluation frameworks, with an implicit assumption that only outcome interest countries is premature mortality.