Contact your government, record a video message, write a blog
Embrace the power of the pen (& keyboard)
Write a letter - by post or email - to your Minister of Health / Foreign Affairs / Finance / Development to discuss your priorities on health and NCDs encouraging governments to take more meaningful action on NCDs. You can also check out our tip sheet for writing.
You might like to draw information from the stakeholder actions in the campaign theme section of this website.
Who could you contact?
- The Prime Minister or President, key advisers and staff;
- Minister of Foreign Affairs or Development, key advisers and staff;
- Minister of Health, including NCD focal points and key advisers;
- Minister of Finance, key advisers and staff;
- Members of government task forces or committees on health and development related issues;
- Your country’s UN Missions in New York and Geneva;
- Politicians and policy officials in related ministries required for policy coherence, such as finance, education, environment, trade, transport, agriculture;
- Influencers – such as parliamentarians, civil society leaders, healthcare professionals, donors, business leaders, opinion leaders, and the media.
Write a Blog or OpEd
The NCD Alliance has a blog and welcomes well written submissions from its members. (Get in touch here). Other members of our network also have blogs and you may be able to submit writing on a theme related to their focus of work.
Alternatively, pitch a story, write a letter to the editor or an op-ed for a local or national paper – and don’t forget to let us know when it’s published.