The Global NCD Alliance Forum is the biennial global noncommunicable disease (NCD) meeting that convenes, unites and mobilizes NCD civil society. The Forum is organised by the NCD Alliance in partnership with local host organisation, Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al-Qasimi, wife of the Ruler of Sharjah, Founder and Royal Patron of FoCP, International Ambassador of the World Cancer Declaration for the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), International Ambassador for Childhood Cancer for UICC. This year's Forum aims to accelerate global efforts to translate political commitments and rhetoric into action and implementation at national and local levels. Click here to read more about the event.