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Second General Meeting of the WHO GCM/NCD

The 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. The event marks 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).

The meeting took place virtually from 23 to 25 April 2025, with pre-meeting events and consultation sessions in the week prior.

Meeting report

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Key documents & background reading

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

World Health Organization

Plenary Presentations: Second General Meeting of the WHO GCM/NCD

25 Apr 2025
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World Health Organization

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

Multisectoral Action

15 Apr 2025
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World Health Organization

New advocacy tool: Key messages for Meaningful Engagement of People Living with NCDs, Mental Health, and Neurological Conditions

Meaningful Engagement of People with Lived Experiences

31 Jan 2025

World Health Organization

Mid-term Evaluation of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: report

23 Jan 2025
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World Health Organization

NCD Lab Cycle 4: How five innovative projects in Africa are transforming the delivery of NCD and mental health services in primary health care

NCD Lab

11 Dec 2024

World Health Organization

Supporting Member States in reaching informed decision-making on engaging with private sector entities for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: a practical tool

Guide

24 Jul 2024

World Health Organization

Compendium report on multisectoral actions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions: country case studies

Case study

28 May 2024

World Health Organization, GCM/NCD Secretariat

Engagement Strategy for GCM Participants. WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of NCDs (GCM/NCD).

Strategy document

24 Nov 2023

World Health Organization

WHO framework for meaningful engagement of people living with noncommunicable diseases, and mental health and neurological conditions

Guide

10 May 2023

Three-day virtual meeting & pre-meeting events

The Second General Meeting of the GCM/NCD was held virtually from 23 to 25 April 2025, with pre-meeting events and consultation sessions taking place the week prior:

Second General Meeting of the GCM/NCD
  • Wed 23 April 2025, 12:00-14:30 CET: 
    Building on Progress: GCM/NCD impact and new challenges
  • Thu 24 April 2025, 12:00-15:00 CET: 
    Empowering people and communities: Lived Experience and grassroots Innovations
  • Fri 25 April 2025, 13:00-15:00 CET: 
    HLM4 and beyond: Sustaining multisectoral and multi-stakeholder actions on NCDs

Meeting agenda

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GCM initiative highlights

Initative

Multisectoral Action

Initative

People with Lived Experience

Initiative

GCM participant engagement

Initiative

NCD Lab

Initiative

Informed Decision-making on Engaging with Private Sector Entities for the Prevention and Control of NCDs

Coordinating a coherent response to reduce the burden of NCDs and mental health conditions

Since 2014, the World Health Organization’s Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (WHO GCM/NCD) supports the implementation of the WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013-2030, and the NCD-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and targets by facilitating multisectoral and multistakeholder collaborations at local, national, regional and global levels. A Member-State led platform, the GCM/NCD connects and convenes Member States, UN Organizations, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, philanthropic foundations, people with lived experience of health conditions, academic institutions and other partners for a coordinated, effective and equitable NCD response. In 2018, the GCM/NCD held its First General Meeting.

In direct support of the High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (UNHLM-NCD) preparatory process, the WHO GCM/NCD gathers insights and expertise from GCM Participants through a series of co-developed thematic issue briefs under the joint leadership of the Secretariat and selected GCM Participants.

More about the GCM/NCD

SPOTLIGHT
On the road to 2025: The global NCD deadline

The Fourth High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (UNHLM-NCD) will provide an opportunity to adopt a new, ambitious and achievable political declaration on NCDs towards 2050, based on evidence and grounded in human rights, that will serve as an important framework to accelerate the global NCD response for prevention and control from 2025.

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Building on the First General Meeting of theWHO GCM/NCDO

From 5–6 November 2018, the first General Meeting of the GCM/NCD was held in Geneva, Switzerland, to reinforce the commitment of the participants to accelerated multisectoral and multistakeholder action to achieve SDG target 3.4. Nearly 290 attendees took part, including 140 representatives from 81 Member States, and 125 more joining via live webcast.

Taking stock of key themes of the gathering and reflecting on recent progress and challenges, the Second General Meeting of the GCM/NCD will mark a next milestone in multistakeholder exchange and multisectorall action.

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Resources & related content

World Health Organization

General Meeting of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: Meeting Report

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Website

GCM Website on WHO.int

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Website

New workplan for multisectoral and multistakeholder action

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Be part of the team, support our initiatives.

Registrations for the Second General Meeting of the GCM/NCD are open to Member State representatives and GCM Participant organizations. If your organization has not yet formally re-enrolled as a GCM Participant, we encourage you to submit the GCM application form or contact the Secretariat.

Is your organization and international player advocating and raising awareness on NCDs? Are you advancing multisectoral action, work with people and communities living with NCD and mental health conditions, or disseminating knowledge and information to beat NCDS?

Then we would like to hear from you.

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