The economic, fiscal, and welfare implications
of NCD and aging were analyzed in a regional
workshop held in 2009 with 10 countries and representatives
from the Inter-American Development
Bank and the World Bank. A follow-up meeting
was held in November 2011 in Mexico with the
participation of policy makers from ministries of
health and finance. This established a core group
of agencies and countries to lead research work
on the economic aspects in order to improve priority
setting for NCD in Latin America and the
Caribbean.