Investing in healthier cities: multistake holder action to prevent noncommunicable diseases

Overview

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes – are the leading causes of death worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in 2015, 15 million people between the ages of 30 and 69 died from NCDs. Over 80% of these premature deaths were due to these four major groups of NCDs.