NoncommunicableConditions

Gauden GaleaDirector, NCD and Promoting Health through the Lifecourse

WHO Regional Office for Europe

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Problems for Older Migrants

• Chronic noncommunicable diseases– Gaps in treatment continuity, higher risk of complications– No treatment for chronic diseases in emergency kits

• Mental Health– Depression, withdrawal, apathy, disorientation, confusion,

and memory loss– Reluctance to leave home; relocation adjustment problems– Anxiety with unfamiliar surroundings

Core interventions• Tobacco cessation• Promotion of healthy diet/ physical

activity• Diabetes• Cardiovascular risk • Secondary prevention of heart

attacks and strokes • Asthma/Chronic Obstructive

Pulmonary Disease• Early detection of cancer• Cancer pain relief• Rheumatic heart disease

Photo: Mstyslav Chernov, Wikimedia Commons

P.E.N. provides• Evidence-based protocols for essential

NCD interventions in PHC

• Core list of low-cost, essential technologies and medicines

• Tools for cardiovascular risk prediction

• Tools for self-care• Model suitable for maintaining continuity

of care• Interventions for physicians and non-

physicians• A tool for prioritizing interventions

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