Preface -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Poverty -- NCD -- Comment on Poverty and NCD Literature -- Noncommunicable Disease in the Western Pacific -- The NCD Burden: is it a global or regional priority? --Prevention Programmes -- Education and NCDs -- Tobacco Controls -- Poverty and NCD Risk Factors -- Smoking and Polluted Air -- High Alcohol Consumption -- Weight and Diet -- Physical Activity -- Selected NCDs in Poor Populations -- Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension -- Diabetes -- Cancers -- Respiratory Diseases and COPD -- Seeking Treatment and Treatment Programmes -- The Emphasis on Personal Responsibility for Health -- The Cost of Care -- Poverty and Inferior Treatment Services -- The Cycle of Poverty and Ill-health -- NCD outcomes for the poor -- Justifying a Focus on the Poor -- Efficiency -- Equity -- Human Rights -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Endnotes
Notes
"This review was prepared by Jude van Konkelenberg ..."--P. iv
