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While chronic conditions cannot be cured, their impact on QOL and their progression can be minimized with treatment and self-management.

The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Department of Chronic Disease and Health Promotion (CHP) advocates:

 

Preventing premature deaths and avoiding unnecessary disability due to chronic diseases;
Treating chronic diseases effectively, using the latest knowledge;
Providing equitable and good quality health care for major chronic diseases.

We’ll now look more specifically at self-managing chronic conditions.