Regional contributions of six preventable risk factors to achieving the 25 × 25 non-communicable disease mortality reduction target: a modelling study

• Main Authors: Vasilis Kontis, PhD (Author), Colin D Mathers, PhD (Author), Prof. Ruth Bonita, PhD (Author), Gretchen A Stevens, DSc (Author), Prof. Jürgen Rehm, PhD (Author), Kevin D Shield, PhD (Author), Leanne M Riley, MSc (Author), Vladimir Poznyak, MD (Author), Samer Jabbour, MD (Author), Renu Madanlal Garg, MD (Author), Anselm Hennis, MD (Author), Heba M Fouad, MD (Author), Prof. Robert Beaglehole, DSc (Author), Prof. Majid Ezzati, FMedSci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Countries have agreed to reduce premature mortality from the four main non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 25% from 2010 levels by 2025 (referred to as the 25 × 25 target). Countries also agreed on a set of global voluntary targets for selected NCD risk factors. Previous analyses have sh...