Independent Evaluation of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases: Web annexes

Overview

Established in 2013 by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (Task Force) consists of 46 UN agencies, funds, programmes, intergovernmental organizations, and development banks, and is coordinated by a secretariat at WHO. The independent evaluation assessed the Task Force’s strategy, interventions, operations and performance, as well as to provide lessons learned on its engagement and coordination with partners, since its creation to inform its next strategic phase beginning in 2026. The evaluation is both formative and summative,  covered the time frame 2014 to 2024, and focused on the implementation of its recent two strategies (2019–2021 and 2022–2025), including progress made since the creation of the Task Force.

Using a non-experimental evaluation design and mixed-methods approach, the evaluation team analyzed over 100 documents, interviewed 76 key informants, conducted case studies in Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria, and surveyed Task Force focal points.