This policy brief outlines some of the gender-specific dimensions of NCDs that UHC must address, and presents a number of recommendations to improve the health and wellbeing of girls and women.

This week, NCDA team is in Vancouver for the Women Deliver conference, which brings together advocates from 160 countries to discuss gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women. 

Our first NCD Trailblazers webinar focused on cervical cancer using a silo-busting policy approach to this issue, which cuts across NCDs, PMNCH, HIV, SRHR and UHC – leaving no one behind, taking a lifecourse approach from prevention to palliation, and ensuring women’s and youth rights.

Learn more about implementation of recommended policy interventions to end cervical cancer, and find out how you can support WHO’s development of the elimination strategy.