Responding to non-communicable diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: state of the evidence on COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases: a rapid review

Access the document	Overview This document provides an initial review of emerging information (as of 2 July 2020) on the relations among COVID-19, NCDs and NCD risk factors. Peer-reviewed articles were retrieved from the NCBI PubMed, PMC and Google Scholar databases. The review demonstrates that people living with NCDs are at higher risk of severe COVID-19-related illness and death and that there are limited data for estimating risk. We also summarize the results of two WHO surveys that indicate that services for the prevention and treatment of NCDs have been severely disrupted since the pandemic began. Related documents Responding to non-communicable diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic Responding to non-communicable diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: examples of actions being taken by selected members of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases