- To position the prevention and control of NCDs in the actual global, regional and national context; - To understand the applicability of policy tools for the prevention and control of chronic non communicable diseases; - To become familiar with successful surveillance systems and methodologies in the Americas; - To understand the applicability of policy tools for the prevention and control of chronic non communicable diseases; - To understand social marketing and its applicability to public health problems and behavior change; - To understand the Chronic Care Model and be able to apply the components to intervention development

- Conocer la epidemiología de la diabetes en el mundo y la región; - Reconocer el impacto económico de la diabetes y sus complicaciones; - Identificar las necesidades futuras para cambiar el panorama actual; - Presentar un resumen de la carga de las enfermedades crónicas; - Adquirir el conocimiento de las características principales de los componentes del modelo - Presentar ejemplos de programas de control de enfermedades crónicas dirigidos a cada componente del modelo.