This Strategic Plan provides for improving the 2015-2020 non-communicable diseases (NCDs) Prevention and Control Strategic Plan, moving towards a vision of “healthy communities in a healthy Palau, in order to realise a sustainable development of the country. The Strategic Plan increases the priority areas of actions and provides for strengthening multisectoral partnerships, political and cultural leadership and community mobilisation as tools to implement its goal of protecting health and ensuring the development of the country. This Strategic Plan identifies the following areas of action: tobacco control; reducing harmful alcohol use; improving nutrition, increasing breastfeeding, improving access to farming resources; increasing physical activity; reducing major metabolic risk factors preceding NCDs; promoting mental health and well-being.
Palau · 2024-04-01