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23 May 2025

World Diabetes Foundation, International Diabetes Federation

Bridging gaps through digital health transformation

On May 19th, the World Diabetes Foundation co-organized a flagship event with the International Diabetes Federation titled "Digital Health Transformation in the Global NCD Response – A Call for Unified Approaches and Scaled Investment."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Digital health solutions offer valuable opportunities to enhance patient care and make quality healthcare more accessible, particularly fo...

23 May 2025

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16 May 2025

World Health Organization, Dr Michelle Funk

WHO blueprint for mental health policy and law reform

Mental health is a public health priority and a fundamental human right.&nbsp;Yet, many systems remain reliant on biomedical models and institutional care, overlooking social and structural determinants and international human rights standards. People with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities often face discrimination, stigma, and coercion in care settings.The COVID-19 pandemic i...

16 May 2025

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15 May 2025

United for Global Mental Health

United for Global Mental Health Statement for the United Nations Multistakeholder Hearing on NCDs, by Dr Hamdi Issa

"Excellencies and distinguished guests, my name is Dr Hamdi Issa - I am speaking on behalf of United for Global Mental Health and as a representative of the Global Mental Health Action Network that brings together 6,000 advocates from 170 countries.As mental health advocates we recognise that the UN high level meeting on NCDs andMental Health presents a unique opportunity for member states to acce...

15 May 2025

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09 May 2025

United for Global Mental Health

A Transformative Moment for Global Mental Health Advocacy

GMHAN at the Multistakeholder Hearing on noncommunicable diseases (NCD) and mental health and wellbeing2025 is a historic year for mental health advocacy. For many years to come, we will look back on it and reflect on the political declaration made by United Nations (UN) Member States this coming September at the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting (HLM) - the first ever HLM at the United Natio...

09 May 2025

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08 May 2025

NCD Alliance

NCD voices from SIDS and other countries calling for leadership ahead of HLM4

In late April, NCD advocates from around the world gathered in New York to recharge their efforts and meet with their countries’ representatives ahead of the fourth UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health (HLM4). At HLM4, countries will renew their commitments to stopping the world’s biggest killer, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), from claiming 43 million lives every year. The Multi-S...

08 May 2025

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06 May 2025

World Diabetes Foundation

World Diabetes Foundation Statement at the UN multi-stakeholder meeting, May 2025

Statement from Bent Lautrup-Nielsen, Head of Global Advocacy at the World Diabetes Foundation&nbsp;'Presidency of the General Assembly, the Permanent Representative to the United Nations of Luxembourg and St. Vincent-Grenadines, Honorable Delegates of this multi-stakeholder hearing, the fourth UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health, later this year, must focus on implementation and scale-...

06 May 2025

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06 May 2025

World Health Organization

Working together to make asthma a global health priority

To mark World Asthma Day 2025, the Global Asthma Network (GAN) launches the Global Asthma Report 2025: Patient Stories, a compelling collection of stories from people living with asthma around the world. The report shines a spotlight on the daily challenges individuals face – from delayed diagnoses to unaffordable or unavailable inhaled medicines – as well as the life-changing benefits of time...

06 May 2025

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06 May 2025

World Health Organization, Dévora Kestel

Mental health and NCDs: A shared but differentiated agenda for the 2025 UN High-level meeting

More so than previous UN General Assembly high-level meetings on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs),&nbsp;mental health&nbsp;has featured prominently in the discussions and preparations for the fourth high-level meeting, to be held in September 2025. In this opening commentary, the links between mental health, mental health conditions and other diseases – including but not limited to the major NCDs...

06 May 2025

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05 May 2025

World Health Organization, Dr Bruce Aylward, Dr Jérôme Salomon

Primary health care: a scalable solution to the noncommunicable diseases and mental health crisis

The global health and equity crisis of NCDs and mental health is so vast that deciding how to respond can seem overwhelmingly complex. The best starting point, however, is no mystery. The primary health care approach is a globally scalable and holistic approach that holds the power to lessen the NCD and mental health burden and improve the lives of billions.Two billion people live with NCDs includ...

05 May 2025

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05 May 2025

Hundreds of millions living without access to inhaled medicines for COPD and asthma

A new campaign launched on World Asthma Day will raise awareness about the wide gaps inaccess to inhaled medicines that are causing a massive burden of suffering for the hundreds of millions living with chronic lung diseases across the world, and significant economic costs.&nbsp;The Increasing Access to Inhaled Medicines for COPD and Asthma campaign is an initiative of the Forum of International R...

05 May 2025

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02 May 2025

WHO Civil Society Working Group on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) calls for all governments to take urgent action to protect billions of people affected by NCDs and mental health conditions

Urgent action is needed to address the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions globally. Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, among other chronic conditions, are the leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for over 74% of global mortality. Progress toward Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4, which aims to reduce p...

02 May 2025

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02 May 2025

The Australian Centre for Lived Experience, Global Mental Health Action Network

The Australian Centre for Lived Experience and the Global Mental Health Action Network Statement for the United Nations Multistakeholder Hearing on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)

On May 2nd, I had the profound honour of delivering a speech at the&nbsp;United Nations Multistakeholder Hearing on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health, in New York—part of the lead-up to the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs in September 2025 with the&nbsp;Global Mental Health Action Network&nbsp;United for Global Mental Health."Thank you chair, constituents and co-creators,Good after...

02 May 2025

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