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Noncommunicable diseases country profiles 2018

At the First and Second UN High-level Meetings on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) in 2011 and 2014, the World Health Organization released Country Profiles, highlighting the latest data on NCDs in each WHO Member State. This third set of Country Profiles provides an update on each Member State, presenting key data on NCD mortality, risk factor prevalence, national systems capacity to prevent and control NCDs and existence of national targets based on the Global Monitoring Framework. These profiles allow Member States to track their progress towards achieving the nine global targets, to be attained by 2025.