Global dialogue on partnerships for sustainable financing of NCD prevention and control: meeting report

More than 300 participants from over 56 countries, including governments, United Nations agencies and non-State actors, came together on 9–11 April 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to share ideas and best practices, to create and strengthen partnerships, and to discuss and debate how to find sustainable solutions to reach the noncommunicable disease (NCD) target 3.4 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: “By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being”. The occasion was the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Dialogue on Partnerships for Sustainable Financing of NCD Prevention and Control, coorganized by the Government of Denmark and WHO.