- Describe the risk factors, the global burden and economic impact of chronic diseases. - Explain and trade can have an impact on chronic disease, either directly or through the determinants such as poverty and economic insecurity. - Analyze existing trade agreements in their own region / country, with an emphasis on chronic non-communicable diseases.

- Gain a better understanding of the conceptual basis of chronic diseases, major routes and prevention strategies; - Understand and analyze the major routes by which trade impacts the consumption of food, alcohol and snuff, with particular reference to their country and sub​​-region; - Identify existing trade agreements to which subscribe their country and their impact on the general welfare of the country, with particular reference to food, alcohol and snuff and the differential impact on specific populations; - Explain the arguments for health in foreign policy that inform global health diplomacy and how they can position themselves in trade negotiations; - Understand the main trade issues related to the topic of your project for the country and propose a strategy to address them.

- 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