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.
Opening and closing remarks by:
- Dr Tedros, Director-General, World Health Organization
- Mr Michael Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries
- Bente Mikkelsen, Director of the NCD Department, World Health Organization
- Katie Dain, CEO, NCD Alliance
Moderated by:
- Mr Bent Lautrup-Nielsen, Head of Global Development & Advocacy, World Diabetes Foundation
Speakers include:
- Paul Fife, Director of the Department of Human Development, Norad
- Charles Dalton, Senior Health Specialist, International Finance Cooperation
- Dr Omary Ubuguyu, Director for Curative Services, Ministry of Health, United Republic of Tanzania
- Mr Joshua Makubu, Minister of Oti Region, Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled and Ghana NCD Alliance
- Mr Jaime Barba, Our Views, Our Voices advocate, Mexico Salud-Hable
- Dr Kelly Henning, Public Health Programme Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Ms Rachel Nugent, Vice President and Director of the Center for Global NCDs, RTI International
- Dr Vuyiseka Dubula Majola, Director of the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management, South Africa
Simultaneous interpretation will be available in English, French and Spanish.
Access the NCDA financing brief
Invest to Protect: NCD financing as the foundation for healthy societies and economies