[[NCDs are costly to treat]] [[NCD categorization is not accurate or effective due to its overlapping nature with communicable diseases]] [[Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are both a cause and a consequence of poverty and marginalisation]] [[The economic impact of NCDs has an individual and a collective aspect]] [[NCDs as a global health security issue]] [[CVD mortality negatively impact economic growth, only if income levels are sufficiently high to be impacted]] [[global corporations fundamentally alter the market via their aggressive marketing, political influence and economies of scale]] [[our economies are incentivised to earn vast private wealth by increasing public risks for NCDs]] # Global policy 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on Chronic Diseases which issued a Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases.  This was followed by a UN resolution (2014) and High Level Meeting (2018) to intensify shared efforts including national targets to reduce risk factors and underlying social determinants for NCDs. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, from which the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were developed, recognises non-communicable diseases as a major challenge.