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WHO-UNDP joint team working to conduct noncommunicable disease research
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Joint team of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Development Programme are working in Mongolia between September 5 and 9 to conduct a situational analysis and research on both national and regional level for the purpose of increasing investment in the combat against noncommunicable diseases.
Vice Minister of Health L.Byambasuren welcomed the team at her office on September 5 to discuss ways of cooperation in attracting more investment and raising the policy-makers’ awareness of the prevention and monitoring of noncommunicable diseases, and in kick-starting the cooperation between the stakeholders.
Senior officer of the WHO Dr Nicholas Banatvala noted the rate of noncommunicable diseases and the death caused by these diseases are higher among the people in their 40s. Therefore, he said, the team decided to issue a business case recommendation about noncommunicable diseases.
The team consists of economists, international and national consultants specialized in social development. After the careful research and analyses, it is expected to compile a customized model of economic efficiency for the nation’s combat against noncommunicable diseases.
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