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ArticleJournal of global health2026

Dismantling structural inequities in global prevention of childhood and adolescent non-communicable diseases.

Kurubaran Ganasegeran, Mohd Kamarulariffin Kamarudin, Shameni Sunasundram, Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf, Erwin Jiayuan Khoo

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Kurubaran GanasegeranClinical Research Centre, Seberang Jaya Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Seberang Perai, Malaysia.
Mohd Kamarulariffin KamarudinInstitute for Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, Malaysia.
Shameni SunasundramDirector's Office, Seberang Jaya Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Seberang Perai, Malaysia.
Mohd Rizal Abdul ManafDepartment of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Erwin Jiayuan KhooDepartment of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, IMU University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for a growing proportion of morbidity and disability among children and adolescents worldwide. Contemporary NCD preventive strategies are predominantly adult-centric, resulting in delayed prevention and widening inequities, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This neglect reflects a deeper structural and ethical failure, sustained by fragmented financing, siloed governance, commercial determinants of health, and short-term political priorities. Drawing on life-course theory, systems thinking, and principles of global health justice, childhood and adolescent NCD neglect can be understood as a systematic gap in long-term health governance that undermines human capital formation and entrenches socioeconomic disadvantage. A policy reorientation that positions early-life NCD prevention as a strategic investment in sustainable development is required. Priority reforms include embedding paediatric NCD services within universal health coverage, strengthening age-disaggregated surveillance systems, institutionalising intersectoral governance mechanisms, and establishing global accountability frameworks. Protecting children and adolescents from preventable NCDs constitutes not only a public health necessity but a moral, economic, and political imperative.

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Global HealthHealth InequitiesNoncommunicable DiseasesAdolescentChildHealth PolicyHumansSocioeconomic Disparities in Healthadolescentchildhoodhealth policyintergenerational justicenon-communicable diseasesocial determinants of health

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