The WHO Framework for Meaningful Engagement of People Living with Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health conditions (hereby ‘The Framework’) will support WHO and Members States in the meaningful engagement of individuals with lived experience to co-create and enhance related policies, programmes, and services.

The framework will contribute to the advancement of understanding, knowledge and action on meaningful engagement and other related participatory approaches through an evolving evidence base. The framework has been co-created with individuals with lived experience, WHO, Member States and other relevant partners. WHO has proactively prioritized and included individuals with lived experience across a range of evidence-generating activities and processes, which has informed the Zero Draft of the Framework.

To this end, the WHO Secretariat is hosting a web-based consultation from the 23rd of October to the 14^th of November 2022 on the Zero Draft of the Framework. Member States, UN organizations, non-State actors and individuals with lived experience are invited to submit their comments through e-mail to fisherj@who.int. The response can be given in any of the six official UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish.