title: Can China diminish its burden of non-communicable diseases and injuries by promoting health in its policies, practices, and incentives?
abstract: China has rapidly progressed through epidemiological and demographic transitions and is now confronting an increasing burden from non-communicable diseases and injuries. China could take advantage of what has been learnt about prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and injuries, which is well summarised in the WHO best buys (a set of affordable, feasible, and cost-effective intervention strategies in any resource setting), to improve individual and population health. Implementation of these strategies could allow China to exceed the incremental gains in decreasing non-communicable diseases and injury burdens of high-income countries, and greatly shorten the interval needed to achieve decreased morbidity and mortality in its population. With the lessons learnt from other countries and its own programmes and policies, China could provide a health model for the world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy Studies, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Emory Global Health Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: jkoplan@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Koplan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000191:economics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000191:economics; D055815:Young Adult