Accelerating the Control and Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases in Ghana: the Key Issues

Abstract

NCDs were particularly prominent in the global, regional and national public health agenda in 2011. Globally, the "First global ministerial conference on healthy lifestyles and non-communicable disease control" was held in Moscow on 28-29 April 2011 and the
UN High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Non-Communicable Diseases in September 2011. Regionally, the WHO African Regional Consultation on the preparation for the Moscow Ministerial Meeting and the UN High Level Summit on NCDs was held in
Brazzaville on 4-6 April 2011 . Nationally, the University of Ghana fifth College of Health Sciences’ Annual Scientific Conference had “The increasing burden of NCDs in Ghana” on 21 - 2 3 September as its theme. The Health Summit of the health sector in Ghana reviewed the national response to NCDs on 24 November 2011.