The sociopolitical landscape of NCDs, Part II

This chapter provides additional explanation about the sociopolitical landscape of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and focuses on global responses to change the sociopolitical landscape following the 2011 Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of NCDs. It helps readers to understand agreed global targets related to NCDs set out in the World Health Organization’s global action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs 2013–20 and by the United Nation’s sustainable development goals. It explores why the NCD agenda should be linked with the undernutrition programmes and maternal and child health programmes. The chapter also provides case studies to elaborate the double burden of malnutrition, i.e. coexistence of undernutrition and obesity in the same population.