Noncommunicable Diseases

Abstract

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading disease burden worldwide. In recognition of the importance of NCDs, the United Nations High-level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases [2] made a ground-breaking political declaration on September 2011 stating in particular "that renal, oral and eye diseases pose a major health burden for many countries and that these diseases share common risk factors and can benefit from common responses to noncommunicable diseases”.