VIRTUAL EVENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE GLOBAL WEEK FOR ACTION ON NCDs 2022

Thursday, 8 September 09.30 to 11.00 EDT/15.30 to 17.00 CET

The event will be held in English. Simultaneous interpretation will be available in French and Spanish. 

Co-hosted by the NCD Alliance, World Health Organization and the World Diabetes Foundation, this event will bring focus to the urgency of investing in NCD prevention and care. It will also start the discussion on what success at the Second WHO Global NCD Financing Dialogue in 2023 might look like, and what it will take to achieve this.  

Despite the urgency, financing for NCDs has stagnated at 1-2% of development assistance for health for two decades. This has amplified the human and economic cost of the pandemic and remains the major barrier worldwide to improving health outcomes. Governments and the global health community must develop a more targeted and strategic approach to NCD investment.

This virtual dialogue will unpack the priorities set out in the NCDA financing brief “Invest to Protect: NCD financing as the foundation for healthy societies and economies”, harnessing the momentum of GW4A as a unifying platform for the global NCD movement to call upon governments, organisations, and individuals to act on NCD prevention and care and to leave no one behind. 

Speakers at the event include:

• Bent Lautrup Nielsen, Head of Global Development & Advocacy for the World Diabetes Foundation; and
• Bente Mikkelsen, Director of the NCD Department at the World Health Organization.

Additional speakers to be confirmed soon.

To access the NCDA financing brief “Invest to Protect: NCD financing as the foundation for healthy societies and economies”, please click here.