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NCD Alliance

NCDA Priority Asks - Rev3 of the HLM4 Political Declaration

Fact sheet

13 Aug 2025

We welcome the retention of the fast-track targets but are deeply concerned about the weakening of the tracer targets and the removal of references to the 2030 targets in the current text. The removal of a specific target on taxes on health-harming...

Fact sheetHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Second general meeting of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: meeting report, 23-25 April 2025

Report

11 Aug 2025

The Second General Meeting of the GCM/NCD took place virtually from 23 to 25 April 2025. More than 300 participants from over 50 countries actively participated in the three-day main event. This meeting report assembles the main highlights and key ou...

ReportMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careSocial determinants of health+6

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International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)

Reimagining our response to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health: Reflections on the draft Political Declaration for the UN High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of NCDs and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-being

Briefs & Fact Sheets

06 Aug 2025

This policy brief outlines three areas where industry seeks more explicit commitments from governments in the upcoming Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health, to be agreed this 25 September at the UN HLM:Leverage health innovationStrengthen...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesPrimary health care+7

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HelpAge International

Age inclusion handbook

Guide

30 Jul 2025

Age Inclusion Handbook (2024) – HelpAge InternationalThe Age Inclusion Handbook is a comprehensive three-part resource designed to support practitioners, partners, and organisations in embedding age inclusion across humanitarian and development pro...

GuideMultisectoral ActionHealthy Aging

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HelpAge International

Toolkit for homebased incontinence care

Guide

29 Jul 2025

This toolkit was developed in Malawi and designed by older women and men living with incontinence, alongside their caregivers, in collaboration with MANEPO. In 2024, older people and caregivers shared the challenges they face with daily self-care. A...

GuideMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesAccess to essential medicines and services
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International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

American Society of Hematology/International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2024 updated guidelines for treatment of venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients

Publication

22 Jul 2025

The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) and the American Society of Hematology (ASH) released updated clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of pediatric venous thromboembolism (VTE).&nbsp;The guidelines, published in A...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseMultistakeholder CollaborationMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+3

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International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

2025 focused update of the 2020 ISTH guidelines for management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Publication

22 Jul 2025

The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasias (ISTH) has published updated guidelines for the management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). The updates to this guideline, originally published in 2020, aim to standardize the ther...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseMultistakeholder CollaborationPrimary health careHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+5

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Alzheimer's Disease International

ADI leads research forecasting dementia to be the 3rd leading cause of death by 2040

Briefs & Fact Sheets

15 Jul 2025

Alzheimer's Disease International, in collaboration with academics from the London School of Economics, published a commentary in Nature Reviews Neurology urging governments to include dementia in NCD policies and frameworks. This paper reveals strik...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupHealthy Aging+1

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Sugars and dental caries

Briefs & Fact Sheets

15 Jul 2025

This WHO technical information note on sugars and dental caries highlights the impact of sugar consumption on the global burden of dental caries. Free sugars, found in various foods and beverages, are the primary dietary factor in the development of...

Briefs & Fact SheetsUnhealthy diets

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NCD Alliance

NCDA Advocacy Webinar: HLM4 negotiations update (June 2025)

14 Jul 2025

NCD Alliance hosted an open advocacy webinar on 25 June 2025 to provide updates and share intelligence on negotiations towards the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health and the associated Political Declaration. Given the high level of activ...

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Center for Global Development (CGD)

Can a Global Initiative on Health Taxes Finance Development?

Dialogue

14 Jul 2025

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are struggling from the aftereffects of a global pandemic, rising debt, and stagnating growth—and are now facing a further financing crisis as major donors slash their aid budgets. Against this backdrop, dom...

DialogueCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesHarmful use of alcoholTobacco useUnhealthy diets+5

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The George Institute for Global Health

Meaningful progress or empty promises? An analysis of how gender features in NCD action plans

Report

11 Jul 2025

In the lead up to the 4th High-Level Meeting (HLM4) on NCDs and Mental Health, the George Institute for Global Health conducted an analysis of 65 national NCD plans covering 89 countries, to assess the inclusion of gender across four policy domains:...

ReportGender, equity and human rights

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