NCD Alliance

MEETING INVITATION: Launch of the second WHO Global Status Report on NCDs

Taking place under the tagline ‘Not beyond us’, World Cancer Day 2015 (4th February 2015) will take a positive and proactive approach to the fight against cancer, highlighting that solutions do exist across the continuum of cancer, and that they are within our reach.

Following nominations by Member States in November 2014 of proposed members for the Working Groups of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCD), the proposed members have now been published.

Though NCDs are the #1 of killer of women, data on women’s views on NCDs are scarce. Data will be critical in informing actions and interventions both locally and globally to mitigate the growing impact of NCDs in the years to come.

The NCD Alliance has joined cancer leaders in a Call to Action (CtA) to fund Gavi, the vaccine alliance, and support its work against hepatitis B and human papillomanvirus in the poorest countries of the world. 

The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) has released a report from its recent consultation process on the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in support of Every Woman Every Child.

A joint mission of the United Nations Inter Agency Task Force (UNIATF) on the Prevention and Control of NCDs visited India from 8-12 December with the goal of enhancing UN support to the Government of India to scale up the national multisectoral response to NCDs.

Member States at the United Nations finalised a resolution on 17 December that determines the roadmap and methods that will lead to the agreement of the post-2015 development agenda. Building on the success of the Open Working Group process and outcomes, the resolution sets out specific dates for the intergovernmental negotiations and decides the scope of the contents of the post-2015 framework and outcome document.

The 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) will be held from 17 to 21 March 2015 in Abu Dhabi, the Capital City of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 

A new global coalition of more than 500 leading health and development organisations worldwide is urging governments to accelerate reforms that ensure everyone, everywhere, can access quality health services without being forced into poverty.