title: National action plan for non-communicable diseases prevention and control in Iran; a response to emerging epidemic.
abstract: Emerging Non-communicable diseases burden move United Nation to call for 25% reduction by 2025 in premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The World Health Organization (WHO) developed global action plan for prevention and control NCDs, but the countries' contexts, priorities, and health care system might be different. Therefore, WHO expects from countries to meet national commitments to achieve the 25 by 25 goal through adapted targets and action plan. In this regards, sustainable high-level political statement plays a key role in rules and regulation support, and multi-sectoral collaborations to NCDs' prevention and control by considering the sustainable development goals and universal health coverage factors. Therefore, Iran established the national authority's structure as Iranian Non Communicable Diseases Committee (INCDC) and developed NCDs' national action plan through multi-sectoral approach and collaboration researchers and policy makers. Translation Iran's expertise could be benefit to mobilizing leadership in other countries for practical action to save the millions of peoples.
authors.affiliation: Iranian Non Communicable Diseases Committee (INCDC), Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Niloofar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peykari
authors.affiliation: INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashemi
authors.affiliation: Food and Drug Organization, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Rasoul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dinarvand
authors.affiliation: Deputy of Curative Affairs , INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haji-Aghajani
authors.affiliation: Deputy of Research and Technology, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malekzadeh
authors.affiliation: Deputy of Development, Management, and Resources, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadrolsadat
authors.affiliation: Deputy of Public Health, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali Akbar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sayyari
authors.affiliation: International Affairs, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asadi-Lari
authors.affiliation: Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and INCDC, MOHME, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delavari
authors.affiliation: Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, EMRI, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farshad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farzadfar
authors.affiliation: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Aliakbar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haghdoost
authors.affiliation: Chronic Diseases Research Center, EMRI, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ramin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heshmat
authors.affiliation: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamidreza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jamshidi
authors.affiliation: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Naser
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kalantari
authors.affiliation: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.|Center for NCDs control and prevention, and INCDC, MOHME, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koosha
authors.affiliation: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Amirhossein
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takian
authors.affiliation: INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, and EMRI, TUMS, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Bagher
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Larijani
keywords: Action plan; Iran; Non-communicable diseases