Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved the strategy for combating non-infectious diseases for 2015-2020.
More than 40% of the Azerbaijani population do not eat fruit or vegetables on a daily basis, and 39.4% of the population under the age of 18 years are hypertensive, abc.az reports.
The Cabinet of Ministers was instructed to submit a report to the Azerbaijani president on the implementation of the strategy by April 1 next year.
