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Capacity Building

The development of national multisectoral action plans for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: experiences of national-level stakeholders in four countries

Kremlin WickramasingheWorld Health Organization European Office for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, Noncommunicable Disease Office, Moscow, Russian FederationORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9497-7901View further author information
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Elizabeth WilkinsCentre on Population Approaches for NCD Prevention, Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, UKView further author information
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Charlie FosterCentre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKView further author information
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Ibtihal FadhilDepartment of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Cairo, EgyptView further author information
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Asmus HammerichDepartment of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Cairo, EgyptView further author information
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Slim SlamaDepartment of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Cairo, EgyptORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1241-5962View further author information
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Hicham El BerriNon communicable Diseases Division, Epidemiology and control Diseases Directorate, Ministry of Health, Rabat, MoroccoView further author information
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Manal ElimamNon communicable Disease Division, Primary Health Care Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, SudanView further author information
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Salim AdibDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LebanonView further author information
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Mona Al-MudwahiWorld Health Organization Liaison Office for Somalia, Somalia WHO Country Office, Nairobi, KenyaView further author information
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Nick TownsendDepartment for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 1532632 | Received 06 Jul 2018, Accepted 28 Sep 2018, Published online: 13 Nov 2018

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