Developing an organizational capacity assessment tool and capacity-building package for the National Center for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Iran.

ABSTRACT: Non-communicable diseases represent 71% of all deaths worldwide. In 2015, Sustainable Development Goals, including target 3.4 of SDGs, were seated on the world agenda; "By 2030, reduce premature mortality from NCDs by one-third. More than half of the world's countries are not on track to reach SDG 3.4, and the COVID-19 crisis has hampered the delivery of essential NCD services globally, which means the premature death of millions of people and indicates the need for capacity building for health systems. We designed a tool to measure the capacity of the National Center for Non-Communicable Disease and then presented the proposed policy package to enhance the national center's organizational capacity. The data for this explanatory sequential mixed method study was collected using quantitativ

SUBMITTER: Bakhtiari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10309984 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature