Civil Society Resource Library

Political Declaration of the UN High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases: Key Points

UN NCD Summit & Reviews
(168.07kB) | 07th October 2011
Post UN High Level Meeting on NCDs - Key advocacy messages

Advocacy Materials
(59.04kB) | 06th October 2011
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and the rights based movement

Policy Briefs
| 16th August 2011

Prepared by the NCD Alliance Human Rights Working Group, this briefing paper covers the issue of implementation for prevention, the right to essential medicines and technologies for NCDs, vulnerable populations, monitoring and reporting. Furthermore, 10 key recommendations are outlined.

human rights, NCDs
Noncommunicable Diseases: A Priority For Women’s Health And Development

Open Letters & Calls to Action
(1.20MB) | 25th February 2011

NCDs impact on women’s health and development across the lifecycle, causing morbidity and mortality, and compromising their socio-cultural status in communities.
Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol

Key Political Commitments
| 21st May 2010

The global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol represents a collective commitment by WHO Member States to reduce the global burden of disease caused by harmful use of alcohol. The strategy includes evidence-based policies and interventions that can protect health and save lives if adopted, implemented and enforced. The strategy also contains a set of principles to guide the development and implementation of policies; it sets priority areas for global action, recommends target areas for national action and gives a strong mandate to WHO to strengthen action at all levels.

alcohol