By implementing WHO “best buys" 80900 lives can be saved from NCDs by 2050 in the EAC.

“best buys” and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) set to reduce four key risk factors for NCDs (tobacco, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity) and for four disease areas (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease).