Noncommunicable diseases are the no. 1 killers in the WHO SEA Region

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) — mainly cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and cancer — are top killers in the South-East Asia Region, claiming an estimated 8.5 million lives each year.

• A one-year progress review of the implementation of the 2016 Colombo declaration on NCDs
• Mapping of NCD Civil Society Organisations in the WHO South East Asia Region
• Regional Committee and World Health Assembly Resolutions on NCDs
• New Delhi Declaration on High Blood Pressure