Integrating health financing to achieve UHC and NCD SDG targets.

On 19 September 2023, a high-level roundtable titled "Integrating Health Financing to Achieve UHC and NCD SDG Targets" took place, serving as a parallel event to the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly. Hosted by Access Accelerated, NCD Alliance, the World Bank, and the World Diabetes Foundation, the roundtable convened stakeholders from various sectors, including national governments, the UN, and the private sector, to foster cross-sector dialogues, present innovative solutions for NCD care and financing, and discuss bridging financial gaps ahead of the 2nd Global Financing Dialogue on NCDs. The discussions, held under the Chatham House rule, aimed at reviewing progress and setting the scene for future strategies to enhance NCD investment within national UHC frameworks.

This report summarizes the range of topics and thematic components of the discussion as the meeting moved through rounds of scene-setting introductory remarks, reviews of progress since the 1st Global Dialogue on Partnerships for Sustainable Financing for NCDs held in 2018, and forward-looking considerations of what is needed to ensure productive outcomes from the 2nd Global Financing Dialogue on NCDs (2GFD) in 2024.