Judith WattDirector, NCD Alliance

The NCD Alliance

NCD Alliance Network

• A network of more than 2,000 NGOs in more than 170 countries

• Over 350 Common Interest Group Members• 20+ National NCD Alliances, and counting ...• Collaborations with top NCD academics, including:

• The Lancet NCD Action Group• Harvard University• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• Regular liaison with WHO in Geneva and regions• New relationships with UNDP, DESA and other UN

agencies

WHO’s four by four model of NCDs

Convening experts and influencing policy

Milestones

Civil Society Hearing at UN

(June 2011)

UN High-Level Meeting

(September 2011)

Modalities Resolution

(December 2010)

UN Resolution to hold High-Level

Meeting on NCDs

(May 2010)

Launch of NCD Alliance

(May 2009)

Campaign for specific language and outcomesCampaign for High-Level Meeting

UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs19-20 September 2011

• Only the second health issue to come before the United Nations General Assembly, after HIV AIDS

• 31 Heads of State attended• 133 Member State statements• 2-day meeting, despite UN insisting only 1.5 days

was possible• Unprecedented interest from civil society and

record civil society participation

Political Declaration on NCDs• Adopted by consensus during

opening plenary 19 September 2011Strengths: • Focuses on NCDs as a development

issue, prevention, reducing exposure to risk factors

• 2012 targets, partnership; 2014 comprehensive review

Weaknesses:• No overall goal to reduce

preventable deaths, set of time-bound targets

• No funding commitments

Political Declaration on NCDs• Note further that there is a range of other non-communicable

diseases and conditions, for which the risk factors and the need for preventive measures, screening, treatment and care are linked with the four most prominent non-communicable diseases

• Recognize that mental and neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, are an important cause of morbidity and contribute to the global non-communicable disease burden, for which there is a need to provide equitable access to effective programmes and health-care interventions

First meeting of UN Agencies on the implementation of the Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases(New York, 8 December 2011)

Message from the President of the UN General Assembly, HE Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser to all UN agencies, 8 December 2012�

• The political will expressed at the HLM was a major breakthrough achieved by the international community in protecting the world’s most vulnerable populations

• While we continue to remain targeted and vigilant ... I believe the definition of NCDs should be broadened

• Today our attention is focused on just a few diseases, thereby denying attention and help to tackling no less fatal diseases of the body and mind

• Mental health, including depression, is one such under-addressed disease and remains a threat to health and well-being worldwide

• As operational experts, your understanding, perspective and efforts would contribute to advancing this issue

Immediate priorities for NCD Alliance• Complete Strategic Review and new Strategic Plan

• Position on targets and indicators, and monitoring framework

• Position on next Global Plan on NCDs

• Options for global partnership on NCDs and identifying NCD champion countries and Heads of State

• Campaign for NCDs into post-2015 goals (via Rio+20)

• Campaign for access to medicines and care

• Supporting development of national NCD Alliances

• Working the regional consultations, including:– SEARO Regional Meeting on NCDs, including Mental Health

and Neurological Disorders, Yangon, Myanmar, 24-26 April 2012

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