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Equity and Noncommunicable Disease Reduction under the Sustainable Development Goals
Harald Schmidt, Anne Barnhill
Essay | published 08 Sep 2015 | PLOS Medicine
10.1371/journal.pmed.1001872
Summary Points
:: Currently proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a timely call to significantly reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
:: Existing policy guidance highlights cost-effective interventions for NCDs, but focusing just on cost-effectiveness risks exacerbating socioeconomic and health inequalities rather than reducing them.
:: In implementing the SDGs, targets and interventions that benefit the worst off should be prioritized.
:: The United Nations should develop practical guidance to assist policy makers at the country level with incorporating equity considerations.