WHA79 Constituency Statement: Follow-up to the HLM4 Political Declaration

We applaud governments’ recommitment to many of the previous High-Level Meetings' principles and commitment to establishing new targets. The priority now is implementation: turning ambition into national policy, financing, and measurable results.

Learn more about our call to governments in our Constituency Statement on Agenda Item 12.1 of the 79th Session of the World Health Assembly (WHA79): Follow-up to the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.

The statement is coordinated by NCD Alliance and supported by Women in Global Health, Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRFI), Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO), International Diabetes Federation, World Heart Federation, Vital Strategies, International Union for Health Promotion and Education, Union for International Cancer Control, and International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism.