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Mashup Score: 14
An important new paper has just been published by the Task Force Secretariat, Integration of noncommunicable diseases and mental health into United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks: insights from humanitarian settings. Of the 33 UNSDCFs reviewed, 48% (16/33) included NCDs and 73% (24/33) included mental health. Overall, 36% (12/33) of UNSDCFs included both NCDs and mental health. Five countries did not include either NCDs or mental health. The paper outlines a set of recommendations and points for discussion, which Task Force members agreed to take forward together at the 22nd Meeting of the Task Force that was held in March 2024. In addition, members of the Task Force asked the Secretariat to remind countries with expiring UN Cooperation Frameworks, including those in emergency settings of the importance of including NCDs and mental health as broader development priorities and to offer the support of the Task Force as required. An earlier draft of the report wa
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Mashup Score: 33
Twenty-five members of the UN NCD Task Force came together between 7-9 March 2024 to start preparations for a successful UN General Assembly high-level meeting NCDs in September 2025. Members discussed effective ways of supporting Member States deliver powerful outcomes at the 2025 General Assembly if the world is to meeting in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. As part of this, the Task Force reviewed key preparatory events for the high-level meeting including the Bridgetown Declaration agreed at last year’s meeting on NCDs in Small Island Developing States, the recent high-level technical meeting in Copenhagen on NCDs in humanitarian settings, and the second global dialogue on sustainable financing for NCDs and mental health to be held in Washington DC in June 2024 to be hosted by WHO and the World Bank.Progress on a number of Task Force-led programs and workstreams, including the Health4Life Fund were discussed. In addition, a range of emerging areas of work were highlighted:
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Latest analysis shows that #NCDs and mental health are not being consistently included in UN cooperation frameworks in humanitarian settings. https://t.co/IuYsEbuzKF https://t.co/hXNCR7qM4V