1. NCD Prevention Program in the UAE
By Najwa Kamal
Deputy Director of Preventive Medicine
Ministry of Health, UAE
May 2012

2. Current Situation
CVDs, Cancer, Diabetes and Chronic Respiratory Diseases constituted more than 35% of deaths recorded in the UAE.

3. Causes of deaths among UAE citizen in 2005

4. Prevalence of Hypercholesterolemia, Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension among UAE population

5. Main Achievement Issuing Tobacco Control Act Ban on selling to Minors
Finalizing the draft of Tobacco Regu.
Drafting the National Strategy & Acton Plan NCD
Implementing the the Diet Physical Activity strategy

6. Establishment of Specialized clinics for Diabetes, Asthma)
Main Achievement
Establishment of National Committee on Prevention of NCD since 2000 (Diabetes, Cancer)
Establishment of National Screening Program (Osteoprosies, Breast, Premarriage counseling, Neonatal screening )
Establishment of Specialized clinics for Diabetes, Asthma)

7. Mobile Screening for Breast and CVD
Main Achievement
Launching the fat truth campaign for combating Childhood Obesity in cooperation with WHO and Unicef since 2008
Mobile Screening for Breast and CVD
Establishment of new specialized centers for Cancer and CVD treatment

8. Medical service providers
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Interiors
Ministry of Defense
Dubai Health Authority
Abu Dhabi Health Authority
Private Sector
Semi Governmental Hospitals and Clinics

9. Main challenges
Human Resources
NCD Surveillance
Non homogencous population (difficulty in patient follow up or assess exposure to risk fators )
Weakness in cooperation between service providers
Weakness in awareness program

10. Lessons learned
Successful Results from Studies and Reseraches with the Medical Schools in the Universities
the participation in National committee in Food, environmental or other topics may strengthen the collaboration between the different sectors and will facilitate the implementation of the NCD strategy

11. Future plan Issuing the Federal Law on Public Health
Improvement of the National Surveillance for NCD
Researches & Studies
The National Diabetis Epedemiogical study ( )
In collaboration with Baker IDI/Australia and Sharjah University
National Nutrition Survey ( )
In collaboration with WHO and UAE University
The Adult Tobacco use Survey (2012)
In collaboration with WHO and CDC
Issuing the Federal Law on Public Health

12. Thank you for your attention