Staff View: The Economic Costs of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands : A Rapid Stocktake of the Situation in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu

The Economic Costs of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands : A Rapid Stocktake of the Situation in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu

There are three main messages running throughout this report. First, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) can impose large health, financial and economic costs on countries. This is particularly important in the Pacific where Government already finance...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADDICTION ADULT MORTALITY ADULT POPULATION AGED AGEING POPULATIONS AID ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ANTENATAL CARE ASTHMA BOTH SEXES BREAST BREAST CANCER BRONCHITIS CANCERS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD HEALTH CHILDHOOD CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHOLESTEROL CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC DISEASES CIRCULATORY SYSTEM CITIZENS COLON CANCER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY ACTION COMPLICATIONS CORONARY HEART DISEASE CURRENT POPULATION DANGERS DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEATHS DEMENTIA DENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIABETES DIABETES MELLITUS DIAGNOSIS DIARRHOEA DIET DIETS DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CONTROL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOUBLE BURDEN DRUGS EARLY DETECTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ELDERLY EMPHYSEMA EMPLOYMENT EPIDEMIC EPIDEMICS ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES EYE DISEASES FACT SHEET FEMALE FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOOD INSECURITY GENDER GENDERS GLOBAL HEALTH GLUCOSE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HARM REDUCTION HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM FINANCING HEART ATTACKS HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIGH FERTILITY HIV HOSPITAL HOSPITAL COSTS HOSPITALS HYPERTENSION ILLNESS ILLNESSES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INJURIES INJURY INPATIENT CARE INTERVENTION KIDNEY DIALYSIS KIDNEY FAILURE LABOUR SUPPLY LACK OF DEVELOPMENT LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFESTYLES LIMITED PROSPECTS LIVE BIRTHS LIVER LUNG CANCER LUNG DISEASE MALARIA MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MEASLES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINE MEDICINES MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL ILL HEALTH METABOLIC DISORDERS MIDWIVES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTERS OF HEALTH MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHER NATIONAL EFFORTS NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL PRIORITIES NATIONAL PRIORITY NATIONAL STRATEGY NCD NEONATAL MORTALITY NEOPLASMS NEWBORN NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES NURSES NUTRITION OBESITY OLD AGE OUTPATIENT CARE PATIENT PATIENTS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT PHYSICIANS PNEUMONIA POLICY IMPLICATIONS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION SIZE POSTERS PREGNANT WOMEN PREMATURE DEATH PREVALENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROBABILITY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REPRODUCTIVE NEEDS RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASES RHEUMATIC FEVER RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS SCREENING SEPTICAEMIA SEX SEXUAL CONTACT SIZE OF POPULATIONS SMOKERS SMOKING SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SUBSTANCE ABUSE SURGERY SYMPTOMS SYNDROME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TOLERANCE TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDER FIVE MORTALITY URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION VICIOUS CYCLE VIOLENCE VISION VITAL STATISTICS VULNERABILITY WOMAN YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG AGES YOUNG POPULATIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/747701468144279948/The-economic-costs-of-non-communicable-diseases-in-the-Pacific-Islands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27219

The Economic Costs of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands : A Rapid Stocktake of the Situation in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu

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