Statements prepared for the Multi-stakeholder Hearing on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) and the Promotion of Mental Health at the United Nations, New York, on:

Statement 1: Tackling the determinants of NCDs and mental health and wellbeing through multisectoral and effective governance and collaborative action.

Statement 2: Reshaping and strengthening health systems and all forms of financing to meet the needs of people living with and at risk of NCDs and mental health conditions.

Prepared May 2025.

This advocacy brief sets out the urgent need for action on NCDs – to adopt 5 key policy recommendations and commit to their inclusion in the Political Declaration.

Comments from World Cancer Research Fund on the National Cancer Plan for England, calling for prioritisation on prevention.

Submitted April 2025.

Individual statement to the WHO’s 156th Executive Board meeting on agenda item 14: Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health.

Delivered February 2025.

Individual statement to the WHO’s 156th Executive Board meeting on agenda item 24.3: Global Strategies or action plans that are scheduled to expire within one year. Supported by World Obesity Federation.

Delivered February 2025.

Individual statement to the WHO’s 156th Executive Board meeting on agenda item 7: Follow-up to the political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.

Delivered February 2025.

Individual statement to the WHO’s 156th Executive Board meeting on agenda item 24.4: Engagement with Non-State Actors, Non-State actors in official relations with WHO.

Delivered February 2025.

Joint statement to the WHO’s 156th Executive Board meeting on agenda item 22: climate change and health, coordinated by World Heart Federation. Statement supported by World Cancer Research Fund International and: Global Alliance for Tobacco Control, HelpAge International, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations, International Diabetes Federation, International Society of Nephrology, NCD Alliance, Union for International Cancer Control, and World Stroke Organization.

Delivered February 2025.

Joint statement to WHO 156th Executive Board meeting on agenda item 6. Universal Health Coverage.

Delivered February 2025.

Statement coordinated by NCD Alliance. Statement supported by World Cancer Research Fund International, and: Sightsavers (The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind), PATH, HelpAge International, International Society of Nephrology (ISN), International Diabetes Federation (IDF), The MS International Federation (MSIF), International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care (IAHPC), Vital Strategies, World Heart Federation (WHF), International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), World Hepatitis Alliance, Alzheimer’s Disease International, and The Fred Hollows Foundation.