Capitalizing on the Demographic Transition: Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in South Asia
Published By: World Bank on eSS | Published Date: February, 10 , 2011Increasing life expectancy in South Asia is resulting in a demographic transition that can, under the right
circumstances, yield dividends through more favorable dependency ratios for a time. With aging, the
disease burden shifts toward noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)1 which can threaten healthy aging.
However, securing the gains expected from the demographic dividend—where developing countries’
working and nondependent population increases and per capita income thus rises— is both achievable
and affordable through efficiently tacking NCDs with prevention and control efforts.
Author(s): Michael Maurice Engelgau, Sameh El-Saharty, Preeti Kudesia, Vikram Rajan, Sandra Rosenhouse, Kyoko Okamoto | Posted on: Feb 10, 2011 | Views(1747) | Download (804)