UN NCD Task Force starts preparing for the Fourth High-level Meeting on NCDs
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: