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World Hepatitis Alliance

Beating cancer through hepatitis elimination – working together to reduce NCDs

Publication

28 May 2025

Liver cancer is the third most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with the majority of liver cancer cases caused by viral hepatitis. The tools to eliminate hepatitis exist, with modelling finding that meeting the WHO hepatitis elimination targets for testing and treatment by 2030 is cost-effective for health systems.&nbsp;&nbsp;Despite this, action to incorporate funded hepatitis interventio...

PublicationCancerMultisectoral ActionCommunicable diseasesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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FDI World Dental Federation (FDI)

Oral Health Community`s response to the Zero Draft of the 2025 Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health

Strategy document

25 May 2025

This document presents the oral health community’s response to the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration for the Fourth High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-being. These recommendations reflect the views of oral health experts, individuals with lived experience of oral diseases...

Strategy documentCivil Society Working GroupPrimary health careHarmful use of alcoholTobacco use+1
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NCD Alliance

NCD Alliance text comments on the Zero Draft of the 2025 Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

23 May 2025

This document contains our detailed comments and inputs on the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration for the Fourth High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-being. These inputs are intended to enhance the political declaration’s clarity, relevance, and ambition, ultimately supporting...

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World Health Organization

Assessing national capacity for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: report on 2023 global survey

Report

12 May 2025

To assess national-level responses to NCDs, WHO has implemented NCD country capacity surveys periodically since 2001. This report is the latest in that series. Since the first survey round, the NCD Country Capacity Survey (NCD CCS) has been conducted a further eight times, most recently in 2023. In the survey, completed by the NCD focal point within each country’s ministry of health or similar a...

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs Consensus Statement at the Multistakeholder Hearing for the Fourth UN High-level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, 2 May 2025

02 May 2025

WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs&nbsp;Access the list of members of the 3rd Cycle of the CSWG&nbsp;

CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+5
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HRIDAY

Taskforce on Women and NCDs Statement-MSH

Declaration

02 May 2025

A Call to Action: Making good on the promise of gender mainstreaming to address global health inequitiesNCDs are the leading cause of death and disability for women globally – accounting for nearly two-thirds of all female deaths, up to 19 million deaths every year. Around the world, girls and women living with or at risk of developing NCDs experience unique challenges in accessing prevention, e...

DeclarationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+8
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HRIDAY

HIA-SEAR NCDA-Nepal NCDA-NCDA Indonesia MSH Statement

Declaration

02 May 2025

Panel 1: Tackling the determinants on noncommunicable diseases, mental health and well-being through multisectoral and effective governance and collaborative actionChildren, adolescents, and youth must be at the core of a comprehensive response to Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health conditions. Embedding their priorities across the NCD and mental health care continuum is essential f...

DeclarationCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+7
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The George Institute for Global Health

Statement for Multi-stakeholder Hearing on the Prevention and Control of NCDs - A Call to Action: Making good on the promise of gender mainstreaming to address global health in

Declaration

02 May 2025

NCDs are the leading cause of death and disability for women globally – accounting for nearly two-thirds of all female deaths, up to 19 million deaths every year. Around the world, girls and women living with or at risk of developing NCDs experience unique challenges in accessing prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and care, particularly in low-resource contexts.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ahead of the Four...

DeclarationMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rights
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The George Institute for Global Health

Women & Non-Communicable Diseases – A Call to Action: Making good on the promise of gender mainstreaming to address global health inequities

Publication

02 May 2025

NCDs remain the leading global cause of death and disability. When it comes to NCDs, women and girls around the world are at even greater risk of either contracting some NCDs or in challenges accessing healthcare, particularly in low-resource contexts.&nbsp;The George Institute for Global Health calls on representatives of the United Nations and international bodies, governments, business, civil s...

PublicationMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rights

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Nature Reviews Nephrology

Kidney disease is a worldwide killer. Treat it that way

Article

24 Apr 2025

The Nature editorial urges World Health Assembly delegates, meeting on 19 May 2025, to back a resolution led by Guatemala that would recognize chronic kidney disease (CKD)—which affects an estimated 8.5 percent of the global population and is a rapidly growing cause of premature death—as a WHO priority non-communicable disease. It argues that inclusion on the WHO’s NCD list would signal to h...

ArticleMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

WHO interactive multistakeholder hearing on noncommunicable diseases and mental health for young professionals

Report

15 Apr 2025

On 15 April 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) held an interactive Multistakeholder Hearing on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health for young professionals. This event was part of the preparatory process for the UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of NCDs and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-being. Organized as a pre-conference meeting, i...

ReportMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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International League of Dermatological Societies

Explore Data: Global Atopic Dermatitis Atlas

Database

27 Mar 2025

Explore atopic dermatitis prevalence around the world.This resource is part of the Global Atopic Dermatitis Atlas (GADA) living evidence synthesis workstream. Currently, there is no sustainable resource providing long-term data on the prevalence and incidence of atopic dermatitis. This living systematic review aims to provide robust epidemiological data regularly updating the AD burden maps linked...

DatabaseCivil Society Working GroupMultistakeholder Collaboration

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