Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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PATH, Coalition for Access to NCD Medicines and Products

The case for financing action on noncommunicable diseases – even, and especially, in times of crisis

Briefs & Fact Sheets

28 May 2025

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), like diabetes, hypertension, cancers, and mental health conditions, are the leading cause of early deaths around the world. Every year, we pay the price of inaction: USD $2 trillion in lost productivity and health care costs, and 43 million lives lost to a treatable or preventable condition.Yet, there is hope: NCD solutions offer a whopping 19:1 return on investmen...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing
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PATH, Coalition for Access to NCD Medicines

Reflections by the Coalition for Access to NCD Medicines and Products on the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration

Briefs & Fact Sheets

28 May 2025

The Fourth UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health (HLM4) presents a pivotal moment for countries to recommit and take action to better prevent and control NCDs and promote mental health, including by ensuring access to NCD medicines, products, and care.&nbsp;Concrete commitments on NCD financing will be particularly critical for advancing progress, including commitments to 1) invest more;...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing
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HRIDAY

HRIDAY-HIA-SEAR NCDA-NCDA MSH Statement

Declaration

02 May 2025

Statement for UN Multistakeholder Hearing – Panel 2 Delivered on behalf of HRIDAY, the Healthy India Alliance (India NCD Alliance), South-East Asia Regional NCD Alliance, and Global NCD AllianceWe, HRIDAY, the Healthy India Alliance (India NCD Alliance), the South-East Asia Regional NCD Alliance and the Global NCD Alliance, come together to deliver an urgent and united call to action ahead of th...

DeclarationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+8
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NCD Alliance

NCD Alliance's proposed text for the Political Declaration for the HLM4

Guide

17 Apr 2025

The Fourth UN High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing (HLM4) in September 2025 is a key opportunity to review progress and renew political commitments to put the global response to NCDs back on track.After discussions between UN member states, civil society, people with lived experience, a...

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United for Global Mental Health

UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health - Priorities for Mental Health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

19 Jan 2025

The UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health in September 2025 marks a pivotal moment to prioritise mental health on the global stage.&nbsp; Mental health is now a central focus of a UN HLM agenda providing a unique opportunity to drive transformative commitments and accelerate progress.This HLM briefing by the Global Mental Health Action Network highlights key pr...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultistakeholder Collaboration

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Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

World Cancer Day 2025 - The campaign

Case study

03 Jan 2025

THE NEW WORLD CANCER DAY THEME 2025-2027 “UNITED BY UNIQUE” PLACES PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF CARE AND THEIR STORIES AT THE HEART OF THE CONVERSATION.&nbsp;Cancer is more than just a medical diagnosis — it’s a deeply personal matter.&nbsp;Behind every diagnosis lies a unique human story - stories of grief, pain, healing, resilience, love and more. That’s why a people-centred approach to can...

Case studyCancerPrimary health care

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Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

Breast cancer advocacy handbook

Report

30 Oct 2024

UICC’s Breast Cancer Advocacy handbook aims to guide and inspire cancer organisations and advocates in mobilising governments and institutions to prioritise breast cancer in national funding and policy agendas, driving progress to reduce the national breast cancer burden. The handbook is aligned with, and builds upon, WHO’s Global Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI), which aims to cut global breas...

ReportCancerHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of health+3

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World Health Organization

Voice, agency, empowerment - handbook on social participation for universal health coverage

Guide

18 Oct 2024

Social participation is an important means for governments to develop responsive health policies and programmes, which are more likely to be implemented by a broad stakeholder group. It is at the heart of the inclusive governance needed for countries to stake their individual paths towards Universal Health Coverage while ensuring that no one is left behind. As simple as it may seem in theory, i...

GuideMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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City Cancer Challenge Foundation

The Patient Navigation project in Kigali, Rwanda

Case study

07 Oct 2024

In 2021, the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) in collaboration with the City Cancer Challenge Foundation (C/Can) and All Medical Inc (ALLM), launched a digitally enabled cancer patient navigation programme for breast and cervical cancer (BCC) patients. The programme aimed to strengthen the capacity and communication of five cancer referral health institutions in Rwanda – University Teaching Hospit...

Case studyCancerMultistakeholder CollaborationDigital health and innovation

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Journal of Clinical Oncology

Food Is Love: Partnering With Families to Provide Nourishment at the End of Life

Publication

27 Sep 2024

This is an article about nutrition during the palliative care period. I think the authors summarize this best, “Within the quintessentially human belief that food is love, we discovered a unique opportunity to offer a family in crisis a few concrete tools with which to honor and affirm their roles and responsibilities as primary caretakers and good parents. By listening and aligning our medical...

PublicationHealthy AgingNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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International League Against Epilepsy

ILAE Gateway

Database

13 Sep 2024

The&nbsp;ILAE Gateway&nbsp;provides easy access to the information and resources needed by professionals working to improve lives affected by epilepsy. All three interactive Gateways provide opportunities for professionals to share examples of activities and projects that are helping to close treatment and inclusion gaps, as well as achieve the&nbsp;ten targets&nbsp;within the&nbsp;Intersectora...

DatabaseMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and services

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THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ECONOMICS

Improving Breast Cancer Care in the Middle East and Africa

Report

03 Sep 2024

This report describes the current state of breast cancer care in the Middle East and Africa. Nine countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, and United Arab Emirates) are included. The report builds on a comprehensive analysis of secondary literature and interviews with 41 local experts and patient organizations in these countries. The report provi...

ReportCancerMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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