NCD Policies

in Europe Time to get serious Gauden Galea Director

NCDs and Life-course

WHO/Europe

Current Tobacco Use in Europe No room for complacency

WHO Region Male

prevalence

Female

prevalence Both sexes

EUR 38% 19% 28%

WPR 47% 3% 25%

EMR 38% 4% 22%

AMR 26% 16% 20%

SEAR 34% 4% 19%

AFR 22% 7% 15%

Global 36% 8% 22%

Overweight and Obesity in WHO/Europe

WHO

regions Total APC 2005 Total APC 2010

EUR 12.2 10.9

AFR 6.2 6.0

AMR 8.7 8.4

EMR 0.7 0.7

SEAR 2.2 3.4

WPR 6.2 6.8

World 6.1 6.2

Total alcohol per capita (15+ years) consumption by WHO

region, 2005 and 2010

In the WHO European Region, was a 10% decrease in total per capita

consumption from 2005 to 2010.

Total alcohol per capita consumption (15+ years; in litres of pure alcohol), 2010

WHO. Global status report on alcohol and health (2014) >>

22 Nov 2014 25 Oct 2014

Health in All Policies

Trade in All Policies

http://cfrankdavis.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/smokers-protest-in-brussels/

Source: EC AV Services -- Press conference by Tonio Borg

Source >> Source >>

European Member States in the 11 years since WHO

Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)

Overview Policy Actions Implementation

53 WHO/Europe Member States – 2012/13

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Measures to affect food prices

Labelling - signposting

Reformulation - less sugar and salt

Promote Active Travel for school-children

Marketing HFSS foods to children - restrictions

Salt reduction initiatives

School Fruit Scheme (SFS) or similar

Programs in schools (inc. vending machines)

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative

Physical Activity Policy incl. Guidelines

Breastfeeding promotion and protection policies

Food Based Dietary Guidelines

Labelling - nutritional information

No Action Partially implemented Fully implemented

Changes in alcohol policy areas over 2006 - 2011 (N=30)

A New

“New Public Health”?

Planning and oversight

National plan

Health information system with

social disaggregation

Health in all policies

Fiscal policies

Marketing

Salt

Trans-fat

Healthy settings

Workplaces and schools

Active mobility

Secondary prevention

Cardio-metabolic risk assessment and management

Early detection of cancer

Health 2020

Public Health Action Framework

Dr. Gauden Galea Director

gga@euro.who.int

Division of Noncommunicable Diseases & Life-course

WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen

http://www.euro.who.int/nutrition

Acknowledgements to:

Joao Breda

Kristina Mauer-Stender

Lars Moller