United Nations high-level meeting on noncommunicable disease prevention and control

NCD summit to shape the international agenda

Date: 19-20 September 2011
Place: New York, USA

Noncommunicable diseases - or NCDs - like heart attacks and strokes, cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease account for over 63% of deaths in the world today. Every year, NCDs kill 9 million people under 60. The socio-economic impact is staggering. Global leaders will meet at the United Nations in New York from 19-20 September 2011 to set a new international agenda on NCDs.

This is only the second time in the history of the UN that the General Assembly meets on a health issue (the last issue was AIDS). The aim is for countries to adopt a concise, action-oriented outcome document that will shape the global agendas for generations to come.

Meeting outcomes

• Political declaration adopted at the UN General Assembly
  pdf, 97kb
• Summary report of the discussions at the round tables
  pdf, 335kb

Follow-up

• WHO discussion paper: The Solidarity Tobacco Contribution
  pdf, 487kb
• WHO Report
  pdf, 736kb
  Outline of the report of WHO on progress achieved until November 2013 in realizing the commitments made in the UN Political Declaration on NCDs

News

• Official records, statements, speeches