Reclaiming progress on noncommunicable disease and mental health through a renewed vision at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Abstract

"Most households in our country have at least one person living with a noncommunicable disease." This is what many ministers of health and officials from the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) tell me when we discuss priority actions. Their words reflect a stark reality: 66% of deaths in the region, reaching as high as 86% in some countries, are attributed to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).