@article{b069a168978b4a619095767f9a51476c,
title = "On the verge of a chronic disease epidemic: Comprehensive policies and actions are needed in Indonesia",
abstract = "In the midst of tackling the persistent burden of maternal mortality and infectious diseases, Indonesia is facing an increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Although there are increasing national efforts in NCD prevention and control, the worsening trend of NCD risk factors and morbidity is alarming. We provided assessment and discussion on the policies and actions needed in the country including comprehensive efforts to reduce tobacco use and unhealthy diet, the need to reorient the health systems for better NCD prevention and control, and the promotion of NCD-related research that are still lacking.",
keywords = "Indonesia, health systems, non-communicable disease epidemic, policy and action, tobacco use, unhealthy diet",
author = "Dian Kusuma and Nunik Kusumawardani and Abdillah Ahsan and Sebayang, {Susy K.} and Vilda Amir and Nawi Ng",
note = "Funding Information: NCD-related research in Indonesia, which is still lacking,10 should also be promoted. More research on social determinants of NCDs, integration of routine NCD surveillance into the national health information system, the cost-effectiveness of food interventions and tobacco control measures and enhancement of health system responses to NCDs in Indonesia should be conducted. A recent Indonesia Global Burden of Disease Study provided further evidence to focus on stroke and diabetes and underscored the need for continued collaboration and technology transfer from global to national researchers.13 Even though NCDs account for 67% of deaths in low-and middle-income countries, only 1% of global health funding is dedicated to addressing them, therefore changes in funding priority are critically needed. The majority of research in Indonesia supported by the Gates Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development, the United Kingdom Medical Research Council and the Canadian International Development Research Center focuses on maternal health and infectious diseases. Currently only two small-scale studies on NCDs are ongoing in Indonesia, one on advocacy for tobacco control supported by the Bloomberg Initiative4 and the other on NCD prevention among adolescents supported by the Australia– Indonesia Centre. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = nov,
day = "13",
doi = "10.1093/inthealth/ihz025",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
pages = "422--424",
journal = "International Health",
issn = "1876-3413",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "6",
}
