Official Documents: UN Summit on Non-communicable Diseases

Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: Outcomes of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and NCD Control

 

20 April 2012

World Health Organization 

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Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: Implementation of the global strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the action plan

22 March 2012

World Health Organization 

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Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: follow-up to the High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases

20 January 2012

World Health Organization

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Adopted Draft Political declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of NCDs

16 September 2011

United Nations General Assemby

Member States came together at the high level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York September 19-20, 2011 to address the growing problems associated to non-communicable disease.  The draft political declaration was adopted as proposed.

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Draft NCD Political Declaration

9 September 2011

United Nations General Assembly

This document is a draft declaration by the United Nations agreeing to meet from 19 to 20 September 2011 to address the prevention and control of NCDs.

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Side-Events on the Occasion of the High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Related Information

2 September 2011

World Health Organization

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From burden to "best buys": Reducing the economic impact of NCDs in low- and middle-income countries

18 September 2011

World Health Organization

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Draft Resolution: Political declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of NCDs

16 September 2011

United Nations General Assembly

The General Assembly adopts the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases annexed to the present resolution.

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World Health Assembly 64 Resolution on NCDs

13 May 2011

Resolution A/64/265 on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable diseases, passed at the 64th World Health Assembly in Geneva.

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Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases: Report of the Secretary-General

19 May 2011

United Nations 

This report from the UN secretary general outlines the major causes and impacts of NCDs globally.  The UNSG offers five 'recommendations for progress' to help prevent NCDs including; 1) a whole of government approach, 2) sustained primary healthcare measures, 3) strengthening the capacity of member states to monitor NCDs 4) Use lessons learned from fighting tuberculosis and malaria, 5) prioritizing NCDs in the highest levels of government. 

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