This report provides the Government of Tonga and policy makers with a versatile tool to underpin evidence-based nutrition policy measures for improved population health and nutrition. Healthy populations...
The strategy and action plan provides programming guidance through a ten-step, strategic approach to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate SBCC campaigns and other activities, and to build on and continuously...
A ticking time bomb: at 83 percent, Tonga is facing some of the highest NCD-related death rates in the world. People in Tonga have adopted very unhealthy dietary behaviors. Fifty percent of Tongan households’...
Major risk factors for NCDs in Samoa include poor nutrition, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and physical inactivity. Addressing all of these risk behaviors requires multisectoral, multilevel action...
Samoa is one of the first countries in the Pacific to introduce taxation measures to address Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). The predicted probability of dying from NCDs between the ages of 30 and 70...
Tonga has one of the highest rates of overweight and obesity in the world. As a result, Tonga has seen a significant increase in the number of premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Obesity...
Tonga has experienced a high burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the past two decades. The increase in behavioral-related risk factors such as smoking, poor diet (for example, high in sugar, salt...
Tonga has one of the highest rates of overweight and obesity in the world. As a result, Tonga has seen a significant increase in the number of premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Obesity...
Heavy episodic drinking or binge drinking is a major concern in Tonga. With alcohol affecting blood sugar levels, there is a strong link between alcohol and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly...
Heavy episodic drinking or binge drinking is a major concern in Tonga. With alcohol affecting blood sugar levels, there is a strong link between alcohol and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly...
Tonga is one of the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) with high tobacco consumption prevalence. Smokers get younger; the prevalence of tobacco use among school children has increased. Tonga has some of the...
Tonga has experienced a high burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the past two decades. The increase in behavioral-related risk factors such as smoking, poor diet (for example, high in sugar, salt...
Tonga is one of the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) with high tobacco consumption prevalence. Smokers get younger; the prevalence of tobacco use among school children has increased. Tonga has some of the...
This report focuses on the workshop which presented the findings and recommendations of the World Bank report, using taxation to address the rise of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) in Tonga. The workshop...
As part of the dissemination strategy of the evaluation report of Tonga’s NCD taxation policy, the government of Tonga and the World Bank team jointly conducted a series of community and stakeholder dissemination...
Tonga has experienced a high burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the past two decades. Data indicate the continuing rise of four major NCDs -cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer,and respiratory...
The report provides an overview of the "Improving the use of taxation policy on tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy food and beverages as a response to the NCD crisis in Tonga" consultativeworkshop held in Tonga...