The WHO GCM/NCD Year-in-Review 2025: Collaboration and joint action on NCDs from Kigali to Kuwait

For the Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCD) and its Participants, 2025 brought a year rich in new challenges, promising partnerships and rewarding country work. With this brief review of major milestones and highlights, the Secretariat of the GCM/NCD would like to thank all Participants and partners for their invaluable contribution to advancing multistakeholder and multisectoral action on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

February: Workshop on scaling grassroots innovations on NCDs through the public sector in Kigali

On the sidelines of the 4th Global NCD Alliance Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, the GCM/NCD co-hosted a two-day capacity-sharing workshop on scaling promising NCD interventions through public sector support. 25 participants, including government officials and representatives of community organizations discussed enablers and barriers to scaling grassroots innovations with technical experts. 

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Workshop report: Scaling Grassroots Innovations through the Public Sector to Address NCDs

March: First dialogue with deans and directors of public health and business schools on preventing and managing NCDs

At the first dialogue on business and public health convergence, deans, directors and senior faculty of business and public health schools met with business leaders and global health experts to explore research, teaching and leadership that can transform the economic, commercial, environmental and social determinants of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). 

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Business for health: First dialogue with deans and directors of public health and business schools on preventing and managing NCDs

April: Second General Meeting of the GCM/NCD

In late April, Second General Meeting of the Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCD) convened Civil Society Actors and partners to put forward recommendations on accelerating multisectoral and multistakeholder responses to NCDs and mental health conditions. More than 300 participants from over 50 countries were part of the meeting, which  marked one of several major milestones on the road to 2025 and the Fourth High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on NCDs (HLM4).

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Second General Meeting of the WHO GCM/NCD

July: BMJ-series: Lived Experience as Expertise

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) launched a new series titled “Lived Experience as Expertise” which was co-developed with World Health Organization’s Global Coordination Mechanisms on Noncommunicable diseases (WHO GCM/NCD). 

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New BMJ-series: Lived Experience as Expertise

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Lived Experience Perspectives Series

September: GCM/NCD Issue Briefs on multisectoral and multistakeholder actions on noncommunicable diseases

Co-developed with leading participant organizations of the GCM/NCD the thematic issue briefs discuss challenges and opportunities in advancing multisectoral and multistakeholder action on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The publication was officially launched at the Fourth Multistakeholder Gathering in New York, organised by the NCD Alliance and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Health of Brazil, the World Diabetes Foundation, and the GCM/NCD

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Advancing multisectoral and multistakeholder actions on noncommunicable diseases: thematic issue briefs

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Fourth Multistakeholder Gathering charts pathways for stronger NCD and mental health governance

November: First GCM Participant Gathering 

The first in a new series of GCM Participant Gatherings took place with more than 150 participants representing 50 civil society organizations and lived experience advocates. The focus was on maintaining momentum and prioritizing implementation following the UN High-level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health, by ensuring equity and inclusion across the life course, responding to the major risk factors and systemic determinants of health, addressing physical and mental health issues in an integrated way, and tackling access issues across sectors and settings. 

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GCM Participant Gathering | November 2025 | Resource collection