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Multidisciplinary approaches and team play can be a very effective way of ensuring access to
healthcare in both resource rich and poor contexts. Strengthening systems to enable key stakeholders
to develop and maintain effective communication can help decision making based on evidence and
help adopt relevant polices for the overall improvement in the delivery of healthcare. A number of
countries in Latin America, Middle-East, Europe and Africa have already made considerable progress
by fostering such relationship between the stakeholders such as Mexico, Venezuela, The Gulf States,
Nigeria, Ghana, Portugal and Lebanon shows trend of improvement for NCD related
premature death risk; WHO 2017c). Finally, there is evidence on how putting patients first a country
can ensure a responsive, just and equitable healthcare. By listening to patients’ experience and
focusing on their well-being, countries like Northern Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Guyana, Hong Kong
and Malaysia shows trend of improvement for malaria; WHO 2017d) have made
remarkable progress in their health systems (Ibid.).
Figure 9: Trend in risk of premature mortality due to NCD (%) by male and female in Lebanon
Source: WHO 2017c.