Second, we should concentrate less on improving health care and more on strengthening disease prevention, for example by driving down tobacco use, expanding opportunities for physical activity, and increasing the availability and affordability of a healthy diet. A greater focus on prevention can both reduce the incidence of NCDs and ensure that those cases that continue to occur will tend to be less severe and will progress more slowly, allowing scope for inexpensive but effective treatment in primary-care settings.
其次，我们不应当过多关注医疗的改善，而应当关注疾病预防，比如减少烟草的使用、增加体育锻炼、增加健康饮食的可获得性和成本。更关注预防既可以降低NCD的发生，也可以确保即使NCD发生，其症状也会较轻，发展也会较慢，以便采取低成本、高效率的初级护理疗法。这两大机制——更低的发生率和更轻的严重度——将使疾病“覆盖面”有所萎缩，尽管NCD的普遍性仍将继续上升。