The Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs was launched at the second Global NCD Alliance Forum on the 10th of December 2017.
Here are a few things you can do to take action and further the Agenda in your country:Don’t forget to share the Agenda with your friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and elsewhere. Feel free to use or adapt some of the sample messages below, and remember to include #NCDvoices:
Over 1,800 people living with #NCDs created the Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs - #NCDVoices resonating globally http://bit.ly/2CDUESA
#NCDVoices must be heard! Share your story, empower the #NCD movement. See people speak up here: http://bit.ly/OVOV_videos
Use the Our Views Our Voices dashboard to support your advocacy by sharing the experiences of people living with NCDs. #NCDVoices http://tabsoft.co/2GuSjvw
I helped shape the Advocacy Agenda of People Living with #NCDs - these are our collective priorities for NCD prevention and control #NCDvoices http://bit.ly/2CDUESA
Every year, over 40 million people die because of #NCDs. People living with NCDs must be a part of the dialogue #NCDVoices http://bit.ly/2CDUESA
The Advocacy Agenda of People Living with #NCDs is the result of a grassroots, participatory process. A must-have for all advocates to prepare for the 2018 #UNHLM http://bit.ly/2CDUESA
The new Advocacy Agenda is a powerful reference for CSOs, alliances, partners and #PLWNCDs to urge decision makers to take action, to meet agreed #NCD targets and to put people first @ncdalliance http://bit.ly/2CDUESA
The 4 key areas of the @ncdalliance Advocacy Agenda of #PLWNCDs are human rights and social justice, prevention, treatment, care & support and meaningful involvement #NCDVoices http://bit.ly/2CDUESA
Watch the @ncdalliance Our Views, Our Voices documentaries here http://bit.ly/OVOV_videos #NCDVoices & share the important stories of people living with #NCDs @ncdfree
Would you like to know what the @ncdalliance Advocacy Agenda of People Living with #NCDs is about? Watch this 2-minute video introducing the agenda #NCDVoices #PLWNCDs http://bit.ly/2CDUESA
Take a look at this full list of alliances. If there is one, get in touch to discuss this initiative and discuss how you can become more involved in their NCD prevention and control advocacy activities. Write to us at [email protected] if you’d like an introduction.
If there isn’t an NCD alliance in your country – consider starting one up! You can find the NCD Alliance’s Practical Guide on how to do this online.
Newspapers, blogs, radio shows, and television programmes are fantastic ways of carrying advocacy messages to a broader audience.
Consider writing an article, recording a video or making an appearance in the media where you can speak about your personal experience, share the Advocacy Agenda of People Living NCDs and call for increased action on NCDs in your country.
The NCD Alliance blog, for example, is always open for submissions (reach out to [email protected] if you are keen to contribute, and see the blog author blog guide here).
Some questions to think about might include: How have people living with NCDs already made an impact? Why should policymakers be interested? What could ‘furthering the Agenda’ look like in your community?
Share your story on the WHO’s platform NCDs & Me and highlight why it is important to further the Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs and how you want to be involved in helping improve NCDs in your country.
Mobilise other people living with NCDs, NCD alliances, and other civil society organisations to contact government representatives like members of parliament or your ministry of health to share the Advocacy Agenda of People living with NCDs and ask them to commit to taking one specific action in each area (prevention; care, treatment and support; human rights and social justice; meaningful involvement).
If you are interested in becoming a part of the Our Views, Our Voices group of people living with NCDs and receiving regular updates regarding opportunities to contribute to the NCD response, please email us at [email protected]
From community conversations in Mexico to the stories of Rafael, YP, Wesly and Rakiya, these micro-docs capture the essence of the Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs. Co-produced with NCDFREE.
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