Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (2018), para. 35
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Take measures to better prepare the health systems to respond to the needs of the rapidly ageing population, including the need for preventive, curative, pallia tive and specialized care for older persons, taking into account the disproportionate burden of non-communicable diseases on older persons, and that population ageing is a contributing factor in the rising incidence and prevalence of non -communicable diseases;