Ahead of the 75th World Health Assembly, this High-Level virtual event aims to bring together key decision-makers and opinion leaders to: take stock of the global response and progress on NCDs, including recent outcomes from the International Strategic Dialogue on NCDs and SDGs held on April 12, 2022 in Ghana and WHO’s 2022 Noncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor; promote the pathways and investments needed from governments to get back on track for SDG 3.4, including those from a new NCD Countdown 2030 paper; and, explore the policy implications of the syndemic of NCDs and COVID-19 for health security and pandemic preparedness and response, including current negotiations at the World Health Organization (WHO) on a pandemic treaty.
This event will begin at 1:00 p.m. CEST on May 12, 2022.