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31 pages A draft Regional Plan on Integrated Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes for the Western Pacific Region1998-2003 (the Plan) was developed and endorsed at a Regional Working Group on Integrated Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes, held in November 1997, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Plan was developed in response to an urgent need for more comprehensive Regional actions directed towards the epidemic of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and diabetes. Region-wide consultation was organized to revise and improve the draft Plan. Important inputs were made by national managers of programmes on prevention and control of CVD and diabetes from different countries, WHO collaborating centres, major nongovernmental organizations and other experts. As endorsed by the Regional Working Group on the Integrated Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in Kuala Lumpur, 17-21 November 1997, and further developed and finalized through region-wide consultation. Cardiovascular diseases Prevention and control Diabetes mellitus Prevention and control Regional health planning Western Pacific http://iris.wpro.who.int/handle/10665.1/5570 http://iris.wpro.who.int/handle/10665.1/5570 260209 20260212080854.0