The Lancet
Jul 12, 2014 Volume 384 Number 9938 p103 – 206 e22 – 29
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

NCD Countdown 2025: accountability for the 25 × 25 NCD mortality reduction target
Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita, Majid Ezzati, George Alleyne, Katie Dain, Sandeep P Kishore, Richard Horton
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In 2012, all countries committed to achieving a 25% reduction in premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 2025 (the 25 × 25 target). In 2013, countries also agreed to a set of voluntary targets for risk factors and health systems.1 Unlike the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were directed at low-income and middle-income countries, NCD targets are for all countries. Achieving targets for just six NCD risk factors (tobacco and alcohol use, salt intake, obesity, and raised blood pressure and glucose) will come close to achieving the global 25 × 25 target, especially if a more ambitious tobacco reduction target is adopted.