The 2025 UN Political Declaration on Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health was a landmark moment - but declarations only matter if they change what happens on the ground. This session brings policy experts and NCD advocates together for a candid, in-depth conversation about what it genuinely takes to embed lived experience into national health decision-making for NCDs and mental health.

​Drawing on real-world examples of policy change shaped by lived experience, our speakers will explore what works, what doesn't, and what other governments can start doing now.