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Setting the Scene:Confronting the Pacific’sHealth Challenges
MISSION
The attainment by allpeoples of the highestpossible level of health
• Challenges• Drivers • Policy options
Dengue : A water-bornedisease?
The Economic Costs of NCDs in the Pacific Islands, World Bank, 2012
World Bank, NCD Roadmap Report, 2014
• Challenges• Drivers • Policy options
Lancet, Dec 1, 2012
Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World, IOM, 2010
Lancet 2014; 384: 766–81
Lancet 2014; 384: 766–81
World Bank, NCD Roadmap Report, 2014
Garrett et al, Lancet 374. 1294-99, 2009
Universal coverage worldwide
Country
External resources for health as
% of total expenditure on health
Niue 76.7
Micronesia 68.8
Timor-Leste 54.1
Solomon Islands
Nauru
48.7
39.6
Marshall Islands 36.4
Palau 34.4
Data from WHO, World Health Statistics 2014 (data for 2011)
"Gaps in health outcomes are not a matter of fate-they are indicators of policy failure"
Dr Margaret Chan WHO Director-General
Lancet Sept 13, 2008
• Challenges• Drivers • Policy options
UN Millennium DevelopmentGoals (MDG's) (2000-2015)
Sustainable Development Goals SDGs (2015-2030)
Strategies – Policy Options
1. Strengthening tobacco control, including raising the excise duty to 70% of the retail price of cigarettes.
2. Reducing consumption of food and drink directly linked to obesity, heart disease and diabetes such as sugar-sweetened drinks, salty and fatty food.
3. Improving the efficiency and impact of the health sector for prevention and early treatment.
4. Strengthening monitoring and evaluation around activities.
Financing Global Health 2011, IHME
World Bank, NCD Roadmap, 2014
Areas for discussion ofpractical policy options
• Social & economic impacts of disease
• Regulatory, institutional & behavioral challenges
• Dealing with water-borne diseases
• Health systems structure and financing
• Supporting countries-global & regional responses-but countries at the centre of responsibility
MISSION
The attainment by allpeoples of the highestpossible level of health