The United Nations Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) held a multistakeholder forum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, today to present the results of the business case on investing in the prevention and control of NCDs.Economic analysis of the NCD epidemicIn 2016, the joint programming mission of the UNIATF to Kyrgyzstan recommended that there was a strong need to undertake an analysis of the level and benefits of investing in NCDs prevention and control in the country.The result of this decision, a report providing an economic analysis of the NCD epidemic in Kyrgyzstan, was launched today at the forum organized by UNIATF, UNDP and WHO/Europe with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation and hosted by