Dear Aloyzio
Thank you for registering to receive In Focus: NCDs. Following on from the NCD Countdown 2030 Report published in 2018, we are delighted to share with you the 2nd edition of the NCD Countdown 2030 report led by Imperial College London, World Health Organization, and the NCD Alliance, published in The Lancet ahead of the Global Week of Action on NCDs.
NCDs currently kill over 40 million people a year worldwide, making up seven out of ten deaths globally. 17 million of these deaths are of people younger than 70 years old and classed as premature; the great majority (15 million) of these deaths are between 30 and 70 years.
Around the world, the risk of dying prematurely from preventable and largely treatable chronic diseases such as stroke, heart disease, and stomach cancer has declined steadily over the past decade, but death rates from other chronic diseases such as diabetes, lung cancer, colon cancer, and liver cancer are declining too slowly or worsening in many countries.
Many countries are falling short or behind on their commitments to reducing premature mortality from chronic diseases, or non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one third by 2030. Among high-income countries, only Denmark, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, and South Korea are on track to meet the SDG target for both men and women if they maintain or surpass their recent rates of progress.
We hope you find the Countdown to be informative and helpful to your work.
Yours sincerely,
The Lancet
P.S. Next week, we publish The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health care for the poorest billion, exploring the relation between poverty and NCDs. We would like to invite you to attend the Commission launch at a virtual event, which is free to attend with registration, on Tuesday, Sep 15, 2020. Register here.
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