Catalyzing country action for NCDs and mental health governance and investment

To scale up noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health country action, funding was provided to the Secretariat of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Controls of NCDs by the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnership for activities to be jointly undertaken by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). These activities were conducted through the Task Force’s WHO-UNDP Joint Programme to catalyze multisectoral action for the prevention and control of NCDs and mental health (hereafter referred to as the Joint Programme).

Through this support, the Joint Programme strengthened NCD and mental health governance and investment in Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Uganda), the Caribbean (Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago) and the Pacific (Fiji). Progress was achieved through country-led action and by leveraging new partnerships. Activities were in line with commitments made in the political declarations of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly high-level meetings on NCDs.