NCDs A presentation of the paper Economic Development and NonCommunicable Chronic Diseases published in the Global Economy Journal MayerFoulkes David PescettoVillouta Claudia Objective of this paper ID: 1000019
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1. Economic and development dimensions of NCDsA presentation of the paper:Economic Development and Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases, published in the Global Economy Journal Mayer-Foulkes, David Pescetto-Villouta, Claudia.
2. Objective of this paper:To analyze NCDs from an economic perspective
3. NCD as an economic sickness Main NCD risk factors are manmade:alcohol, tobacco, junk food, lack of exercisehence NCDs result from individual and collective decisionsWe analyze the broad characteristics of the demand and supply of NCD risk factorsThen we analyze the broad impact on society, in particular on economic development
4. Economic analysis of the sickness:the key conceptsUnwholesome goods (bienes malsanos)Demand and supplyirrationalitymarket powerpolitical economyHuman development
5. The sickness
6. Main NCD factors are largely preventablepoor diettobaccoalcoholsalt low exerciseNCD
7. Unwholesome goods
8. NCD Factors (outside the health sector)Non Health Input SectorsExamples of non-Health-Sector NCD FactorsUnwholesome SectorUnwholesome food, including unwholesome baby food,alcohol, tobaccoUnwholesome ExternalitiesWork and urban living externalities, physical inactivity, pollutionWholesome Non-health SectorHealthy food, housing, exercise,sanitation,household health knowledge
9. Demand of unwholesome goodsnon-rationality
10. Supply of unwholesome goodsmarket power, political economy
11. Supply of unwholesome goods:global market power and political economy
12. Equilibrium Distortions in Unwholesome Economy
13. the impact
14. Human DevelopmentLong-term process of synergism between technological and physiological improvements, technophysio evolution (Fogel, 2002)Intergenerational feedback between the lifecycle and technological and social changeCharacterized by poverty trap mechanisms (life isn’t perfect!)
15. Human Development
16. Wholesome and Unwholesome Human Development
17. Stylized Impact of NCD on life cycle health, education, income and costsNCD costs include: health care costs, disease burden (e.g. disability-adjusted life years), education, income, overall human development
18. NCD impacts work through intergenerational and life cycle links
19. Additional costs: health sectorVaccinations, nutrition complementsMedical prevention, screening, information campaignsMedical treatment, health insuranceAdministrative and surveillance capabilities, health knowledge and technology
20. comment on universal health care
21. Universal Health Care is part of Human Development
22. ConclusionsNCDs can be understood as a social sickness driven by bad social/collective and individual choices in unwholesome livingThese are partly kept in place by profit makingmarket power and political economy impacts on type and level of production in wholesome, unwholesome, and health sectorsNCDs deeply impacts human developmentHealthy food initiative for the AmericasFull policy evaluation is complex and needs to be implemented simultaneously with policy measures