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Judith Watt Director, NCD Alliance

Judith Watt Director, NCD Alliance. The NCD Alliance. NCD Alliance Network. A network of more than 2,000 NGOs in more than 170 countries Over 350 Common Interest Group Members 20+ National NCD Alliances, and counting ... Collaborations with top NCD academics, including:

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Judith Watt Director, NCD Alliance

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  1. Judith WattDirector, NCD Alliance

  2. The NCD Alliance

  3. NCD Alliance Network • A network of more than 2,000 NGOs in more than 170 countries • Over 350 Common Interest Group Members • 20+ National NCD Alliances, and counting ... • Collaborations with top NCD academics, including: • The Lancet NCD Action Group • Harvard University • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine • Regular liaison with WHO in Geneva and regions • New relationships with UNDP, DESA and other UN agencies

  4. WHO’s four by four model of NCDs

  5. Convening experts and influencing policy

  6. Milestones Campaign for High-Level Meeting Campaign for specific language and outcomes

  7. UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs19-20 September 2011 • Only the second health issue to come before the United Nations General Assembly, after HIV AIDS • 31 Heads of State attended • 133 Member State statements • 2-day meeting, despite UN insisting only 1.5 days was possible • Unprecedented interest from civil society and record civil society participation

  8. Political Declaration on NCDs • Adopted by consensus during opening plenary 19 September 2011 Strengths: • Focuses on NCDs as a development issue, prevention, reducing exposure to risk factors • 2012 targets, partnership; 2014 comprehensive review Weaknesses: • No overall goal to reduce preventable deaths, set of time-bound targets • No funding commitments

  9. Political Declaration on NCDs • Note further that there is a range of other non-communicable diseases and conditions, for which the risk factors and the need for preventive measures, screening, treatment and care are linked with the four most prominent non-communicable diseases • Recognize that mental and neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, are an important cause of morbidity and contribute to the global non-communicable disease burden, for which there is a need to provide equitable access to effective programmes and health-care interventions

  10. First meeting of UN Agencies on the implementation of the Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases (New York, 8 December 2011)

  11. Message from the President of the UN General Assembly, HE Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser to all UN agencies, 8 December 2012 • The political will expressed at the HLM was a major breakthrough achieved by the international community in protecting the world’s most vulnerable populations • While we continue to remain targeted and vigilant ... I believe the definition of NCDs should be broadened • Today our attention is focused on just a few diseases, thereby denying attention and help to tackling no less fatal diseases of the body and mind • Mental health, including depression, is one such under-addressed disease and remains a threat to health and well-being worldwide • As operational experts, your understanding, perspective and efforts would contribute to advancing this issue 

  12. Immediate priorities for NCD Alliance • Complete Strategic Review and new Strategic Plan • Position on targets and indicators, and monitoring framework • Position on next Global Plan on NCDs • Options for global partnership on NCDs and identifying NCD champion countries and Heads of State • Campaign for NCDs into post-2015 goals (via Rio+20) • Campaign for access to medicines and care • Supporting development of national NCD Alliances • Working the regional consultations, including: • SEARO Regional Meeting on NCDs, including Mental Health and Neurological Disorders, Yangon, Myanmar, 24-26 April 2012

  13. Thank youPlease visit our website: www.ncdalliance.org

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