National Multi-Sectoral Strategy and Costed Action Plan for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control in The Gambia (2022 - 2027)
The National Multi-Sectoral Strategy and Costed Action Plan for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Prevention and Control in The Gambia is a five-year roadmap of how The Gambia seeks to address the increasing NCD burden from May 2022 to April 2027. Key documents reviewed included the Global NCD Action Plan, the National Development Plan of The Gambia 2018-2021, the National Health Strategy Plan 2014-2020, the National Health Policy 2021-2030 of The Gambia and The Gambia Health Service Assessment Report. The strategy incorporated learnings from the NCD policy 2012-2016 and aligned with the NCD policy 2021-2030 and the other key national policies and plans. The overarching goal of this plan is to reduce premature deaths from NCDs in The Gambia by one-third by 2027. The guiding principle and the strategic objective are aligned to the WHO recommendations. Hence the action needed to achieve the goal are organized in six strategic objectives.