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. 2019 Sep 12;23(1):168–180. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019002118

Table 1.

Overview of documents analysed and the framing of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCD)

SECTOR No. of meetings reviewed, 2008–2018 Regional plans Docs referencing NCD* Reference to multi-sectoral response? Main driver of diet-related NCD Commitment to resource NCD response?
No. %
Leaders 10 Heads of State N/A 7 70 Y Imported unhealthy food; food insecurity Y – but no target
Finance 9 Ministerial N/A 5 55 Y Imported unhealthy food Y – but no target
Foreign Affairs 3 Ministerial N/A 0 N/A No reference N
Trade 7 Ministerial N/A 1 14 Y (trade and health only) No reference N
Health 5 Ministerial N/A 11 100 Y Imported unhealthy food N
6 Head of Sector
Agriculture 4 Ministerial N/A 3 75 Y Imported unhealthy food; decline in local production; poor quality standards N
Education 4 Ministerial 1 1 11 N/A No reference N/A
5 Head of Sector
Ad Hoc Meetings
Food Secure Pacific 2010 1 1 100 Y Food insecurity N
SIDS conference 2014 N/A 1 100 Y No reference N
Joint Health-Finance 2014 1 § 1 100 Y Imported unhealthy food N
Pacific NCD Summit 2016 N/A 1 100 Y Food environment: trade, agricultural production Y – supported establishment of funding mechanism

SIDS: Small Island Developing States; N/A: Not applicable; Y: Yes; N: No.

*

Meetings that issued both a communiqué and meeting report were counted as a single reference.

Pacific Regional Education Framework 2018-2030.

Food Secure Pacific Plan 2010.

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Pacific NCD Road Map 2014