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The CARMEN NCD Policy Observatory is a platform for the network of countries and institutions engaged in the systematic analysis and monitoring of non-communicable disease policies.

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This report presents and discusses the results of the second comparative study of NCD policy development and implementation processes in the CINDI and CARMEN programmes (6).

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This document presents the CINDI vision for a chronic disease strategy for the WHO European Region. The document was prepared at the request of the CINDI Programme Directors. It draws on the proposals formulated at the WHO planning meeting to develop a European strategy on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases.

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The 5th International Heart Health Declaration (Milan, 2004) examines a range of technologies – including health promotion/disease prevention, information and communication technology, food technology, medical technology and biotechnology - and their potential to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.

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This Report by the Principal Investigators of the Conference of Principal Investigators (COPI) of the Provincial Heart Health Programs provides an overview of the CHHI including a report of the inputs, processes and impacts that were obtained at a national level as well as the reflections of the investigators with an emphasis on impacts of their interventions and the lessons learned through the process of conducting the research and implementing the planned interventions.

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This unique document outlined the scale of the global burden of heart disease and stroke and presented, for the first time, an international scienti.c consensus that heart disease was preventable and that enough was known about these conditions for comprehensive action to be taken.

This document presents highlights of the work carried out during 2001 by the 27 countries which belong to the Countrywide Integrated Noncommunicable Diseases Intervention (CINDI) programme. It reports on activities undertaken to help prevent and control noncommunicable diseases and to promote healthier lifestyles in the areas of smoking, poor nutrition, alcohol abuse, physical inactivity and psycho-social stress.

The handbook for process evaluation in noncommunicable disease prevention is intended to serve as a tool for documenting preventive intervention projects and the processes that determine the impact of intervention.