NCDA Policy and Advocacy Director Alison Cox analyses new UN Secretary General report confirming the world is off track in preventing and controlling NCDs.

Marijke Kremin, NCDA's Policy & Advocacy Manager, reflects on the International Dialogue on Sustainable Financing for NCDs and Mental Health in this blog, covering the achievements, challenges and future of a much-anticipated meeting. 

This week marks the four-month countdown to 2024’s Global Week for Action on NCDs and the Global NCD Alliance Forum – which happens to fall on the same days of a pivotal global dialogue on NCD financing. 

The International Dialogue on Sustainable Financing for NCDs and Mental Health is a high-level technical meeting convened to explore approaches on how to include NCDs and mental health responses within national health and financing plans.

A new report finds—unsurprisingly—that current funding for NCDs is grossly inadequate. But simply providing more money via the same channels is not the solution, it points out.