Public Health Prevention Plans: Pills, Policies, Politics or Partnerships?

The burden of death and disability from NCDs (Non-Communicable Diseases) is immense.  In 2012 they accounted for two thirds of the 60 million global deaths. Some 40% of these were caused by cardiovascular disease - mainly heart disease and strokes. NCDs have four major risk factors - tobacco, alcohol, inactivity and poor diet - with poor diet making a bigger contribution than the other three combined (www.thelancet.com 2012; 380: 2245), so the science is relatively easy. Yet public health prevention planners still face a bewildering choice of strategies - pills, policies, politics or partnerships with industry - but what does the effectiveness and cost-effective evidence suggest?  

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