Accelerating Actions in Primary Health Care
Strengthening the integration of NCDs into Primary Health Care represents a key milestone in a country’s health system response to the Sustainable Development Agenda, with the aim of leaving no one behind.
Purpose:
Expand equitable access of integrated and comprehensive Noncommunicable Diseases services within Primary Health Care in the Americas
Objectives:
1.- To strengthen the capacity of health authorities to plan and implement comprehensive NCD services in primary health care.
2.- To increase the capacity of primary health care services to deliver comprehensive quality NCD screening, diagnosis, treatment and continuous follow-up care, including referral and counter-referral services.
3.- To strengthen data collection and monitoring of NCD diagnosis, treatment, and care outcomes, for people with NCDs.
What are the recommended NCDs services in primary care settings?
Comprehensive NCD service interventions
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CVD risk assessment based on the WHO CVD risk chart during clinical encounters; hypertension screening and diagnosis through blood pressure measurement; lifestyle change and drug therapy for hypertension control delivered in primary health care.
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Diabetes⬇️
Early diabetes diagnosis; pharmacological treatment and clinical follow up to achieve blood glucose control; prevention of complications through retinopathy screening, diabetic foot evaluation, cardiovascular screening, delivered in primary health care.
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Cervical cancer screening with HPV testing; ablative treatment of precancerous cervical lesions in primary health care; breast cancer screening through physical exam and referral for mammography if indicated.
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Nutrition and healthy diet counseling, physical activity promotion, weight management, tobacco cessation, alcohol brief interventions, self-management disease or condition support, healthy schools, workplaces and community settings and linkages from community to health services.
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Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis and management in primary health care.
Strategic Areas
