International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Humanitarian Settings: The Key Advocacy Asks
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 May 2025
19 May 2024
The Global high-level technical meeting on noncommunicable diseases in humanitarian settings: building resilient health systems, leaving no one behind, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) was held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 27 to 29 February 2024. The meeting was co-hosted by the Governments of Denmark, Jordan and Kenya, and was supported by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. More than 600 people, in-person and online, participated in high-level panels, plenary discussions, breakout workshops and side events, sharing experiences and drafting recommendations for ways
forward on this pressing global health priority.