1. Partnership in Public Health
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Partnership in Public Health
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Non-communicable Diseases
Expert Group
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NCD EG Partner Countries
Lead partner country – Russian Federation
Co-lead partner organization
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WHO European Office for Prevention and Control of
Non-communicable Diseases
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3. Partnership in Public Health
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Chair – Rafael Oganov
Co-chair – Joao Breda
Vice-chair – Galina Maslennikova
International Technical Advisor- Asiia Imaeva
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Main objective:
reduce the impact of non-communicable diseases through strengthening prevention and addressing lifestyle-related risk factors
NCD EG activities follow by:
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NCD EG ToR
NDPHS Strategy 2020 Objective 3.3 and
NDPHS Action Plan 2020, operational activities: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
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Objectives:
better implementation of Health-in-All Policies at all levels with focus on a higher involvement of politicians, stakeholders, decision makers, health care and other sectors’ administrators;
increasing stakeholders involvement in preventing lifestyle- related risk factors through integrated and multi-sectorial activity;
better national health care system’s response to reduce premature deaths caused by NCDs;
obtaining and promoting mutual interests for collaboration with others NDPHS EGs.
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NCD EG Activity in
Establishment of the newly elected members for NCD EG
Elaboration and Adoption of the NCD EG Individual ToR
Elaboration of the two-year work plan for 2016 and 2017
Implementation of the Project “Potential Years of Life Lost” (PYLL) in seven partner countries such as Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Poland and one “Observer country” – Belarus during eight months from January 2016 till August 2016, funded by ENI.
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NCD EG Activity in
Jointly, with PYLL-Project team and under support of NDPHS Secretariat, organizing and conducting the 12th PAC Side-Event “From facts to Policy”: discussion of the PYLL-Project results, elaboration conclusions and recommendations for further outcome use within participated countries and ND region (October 2016, Sopot, Poland).
Participation in the 7th Annual EUSBSR Strategy Forum Working Seminar “Where are we heading – wealthier and healthier in the years to come, or just the opposite?”: introduction trends in human capital losses based on the PYLL-Project results and wealth, based on gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in the ND Partner countries for high level discussion (November 2016, Stockholm, Sweden).
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Conclusion of two events:
the implementation of the PYLL-Project revealed big differences in PYLL rates and GDP per capita between the countries within the ND region and positive their trends: decline in PYLL rates and increase in GDP per capita in all countries during the period from 2003 to 2013 years.
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NCD EG Activity in
Elaboration of new projects:
“For better health – Practical implementation of HiAP in the municipalities for better health for all in the Baltic Sea Region”, application by the Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association with seed money facility funding (ENI), duration: January-August 2018;
"А toolkit to strengthen Health Literacy in the Baltic Sea Region” application by the Public Health Agency of Sweden. Seeking for funding support. Under consideration and approval
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NCD EG Activity in
The Project “Healthy Boost – Urban Labs for Better Health for All in the Baltic Sea Region - boosting cross-sectoral cooperation for health and wellbeing in the cities” is proposed for the NDPHS Flagship Project – under consideration
Two scientific papers were published:
Pekka Jousilahti, Mikko Vienonen, Karolina Mackiewicz, Veli Koistinen, Ilkka Vohlonen “Preventable premature deaths in Finland annually cause the loss of years of life” based on the PYLL – project results, was published in the Journal of Finnish Medical Association “LÄÄKÄRILEHTI” 46/2017 VSK 72, p.29-35
Galina Maslennikova, Rafael Oganov “Cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases in the countries of the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being: priorities and better prevention approaches” - in the Russian Journal Cardiovascular Therapy and Prevention, 2017; 16(5): 4–10
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NCD EG Activity in
Organization and support own links to the NDPHS website.
Producing and disseminating an information and PR materials through the NDPHS website, e-newsletter, and e-news, both on-line and hard copy.
Organization and conduction 4 NCD EG meetings: three in Moscow (RF) (1) on April 2016, 12 (2) on November 2016, and 13(3) on April 2017г., as well as one in Stockholm, Sweden - 14 (4) on September 2017.
Organization and conduction the Ad-Hoc workshop before the 12th NCD EG meeting “Economical Justification of investments in Prevention of NCDs in Baltic Sea Region” (Moscow, RF on November 2016).
Participation in PAC, CSR meetings
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Conclusion
Discussions of NCDs problems and their possible solutions at the NCD EG meetings show the necessity of the innovative interventions at local, regional and country level through multisectorial collaboration of health sector with other state and non-state sectors.
The collaboration between the NDPHS EGs in discussion of joint problems and their possible decisions, joint projects elaboration and implementation will allow to increase the possibility of NCDs prevention, monitoring of NCDs causes and evaluating the progress made in their prevention and control.
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The mission of the NCD EG is to “Reduce the impact of non-communicable diseases through strengthening prevention and addressing lifestyle related risk factors”
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Alcohol consumption –
is one of four lifestyle related factors that affects negatively on the NCD development and progression.
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Alcohol consumption per capita
within a calendar year
(aged 15 years and older)
L pure alc./per capita/per year
Almost one third of all deaths related to alcohol consumption are attributed to NCDs. *
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Source: WHO Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH) [online database]. Geneva: World Health Organization (

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Probability of dying from the major NCDs
between the age 30 and 70 yrs.
Major NCDs: cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases
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* Source: Global Health Estimates WHO; In: World health statistics 2017: monitoring health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals. Geneva: World Health Organization; License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. ISBN ©, 116p.
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What should we do?
Actions to reduce harmful alcohol consumption
Creation and implementation of policy and strategy, legislations and regulations (local, national, regional) toward to reduce harmful alcohol consumption
Education and health literacy promotion on harmful alcohol consumption in target groups (politics, making decision people, general population or specific groups of population)
Working-out and follow (use) of professional Guidelines on decrease of harmful alcohol consumption in general population and target groups, alcohol-related diseases through education, diagnosing, treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation
Monitoring of alcohol consumption, including harmful, alcohol-related diseases/conditions and effectiveness of interventions in general population and target groups
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What should we do?
“Governments should formulate and enact strict alcohol control policy as they seem to be effective tools in reducing population exposure to alcohol, a net contributor to the global burden of diseases”
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Source: European Report on Alcohol Policy, 2016 [online]. (

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What should we do?
Acceptable alcohol consumption and its safety for health have to follow the main IDEA...
“LESS IS BETTER”.
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* Source: European Report on Alcohol Policy, 2016 [online]. (

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NEXT NCD EG meeting will be on the 13th of April, 2018 in Moscow
WE ARE INVITING ALL OF YOU!!! (
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THANK YOU!
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