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REPORT: REGIONAL MEETING ON PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF NCD
Part 1
Building Capacity for NCD Prevention and Control
RECOMMENDATIONS
Saitama Call To Action
The participants of the Regional Meeting on NCD Prevention and Control, organized by the National Institute
of Public Health of Japan and the WHO Western Pacifi c Regional Offi ce, with support from the Government of
Japan, have identifi ed NCD policies, population interventions and monitoring and evaluation as the priority
areas for advancing the implementation of the Western Pacifi c Regional Action Plan for Noncommunicable
Diseases.
Member States and WHO are urged to:
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support the establishment of national priority areas in NCD prevention and control;
develop and scale up integrated comprehensive policies and approaches to NCD prevention and
control;
strengthen health systems for NCD prevention and control through primary health care, and explore
links with communicable diseases to leverage resources;
build on healthy settings, such as Healthy Cities and Healthy Islands;
build and strengthen regional and national capacity-building for NCD prevention and control, give
consideration to using the participatory, tools-based learning course that has evolved over the fi ve
years of the Japan WHO International Visitors Programme as an option;
jointly develop an evaluation framework to monitor progress in achieving the objectives of the
Western Pacifi c Regional Action Plan for Noncommunicable Diseases NCD;
foster national, subregional and regional multisectoral partnerships to address and advance NCD
prevention and control; and
identify a national mechanism to coordinate NCD prevention and control.
The following are identifi ed as “fi rst steps” towards implementation of the Western Pacifi c Regional Action
Plan for Noncommunicable Diseases.
NCD Policy:
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Strengthen and reorient national health systems to promote NCD surveillance and research to
enhance the evidence for policy.
Build capacity for NCD policy development, advocacy and resource mobilization.
Advocate to international and national partners to prioritize and act on NCD prevention and
control.
For WHO: Support Member States and partners to prioritize NCD prevention and control and
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guidance in the development of appropriate policies.