"Bring the voices of lived experience very loud, have solutions, and I think it's time for all of us to lead in order to bring all different stakeholders together. Because we have challenges around us, but the mission is one: to improve the lives of people living with type 1 diabetes, and not only that, for NCDs. And not just improve lives, [we need] to help people to thrive, help people to be happy."

- Dr Gina Agiostratidou

Dr Gina Agiostratidou and Aishath Shiruhana discuss the crucial role of the voices of lived experience in the NCD response and what it means to them to lead on NCDs in 2025 and in today's world more&Nbsp;broadly.