NCD Alliance Newsletter – 16 November 2017
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Call for Applications: Pre-Forum Youth Workshop at the 2nd Global NCD Alliance 2017
A Pre-Forum Youth Workshop will be organized on 7-8 December ahead of the 2nd Global NCD Alliance Forum from 9-11 December 2017, in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates on the theme of Stepping up the pace on NCDs: making 2018 count.
The Global NCD Alliance Forum 2017 will be held by the NCD Alliance in partnership with local host organization – Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP) and under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al-Qasimi, Wife of the Ruler of Sharjah, Founder and Royal Patron of Friends of Cancer Patients, International Ambassador of the World Cancer Declaration for Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), International Ambassador for Childhood Cancer for UICC and Patron of the First Global NCD Alliance Forum.
The youth workshop aims to support the meaningful engagement of youth advocates in the Forum proceedings and the global NCD movement in the long term. Youth delegates from across the world will work together to enrich and energise civil society advocacy activities leading up to the UN High-level Meeting on NCDs in 2018.
The Forum’s Youth Planning Committee has announced a Call for Applications inviting youth advocates passionate about NCDs from across the world. Limited travel grants are available and the last date to apply is 1 September 2017.
Please note this is for applicants 30 years and younger.
Countdown – 1 Year Till 2017 Global NCD Alliance Forum
The second Global NCD Alliance Forum, the most important event convening civil society organisations working on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide, will take place in one year, from 9 to 11 December 2017 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). (link calendar event)
The Forum will be held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of the Ruler of Sharjah, and Founder and Patron of Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), and co-hosted by the NCD Alliance and FoCP.
It will bring together NCD civil society representatives from across the world, particularly national and regional NCD alliances, and will build links with multilateral organisations, international NGOs, government representatives and NCD experts.
The NCD Alliance is has a new video shown below to mark the one year countdown. (linked in image below), launched to mark the start of the 1-year countdown until the second Forum. In this video, some of the delegates attending the 2015 Global NCD Alliance Forum answered:
“What inspires you to be an NCD advocate?”.
The NCD Alliance is inviting you share the video through your channels and social media, and then tell them via social media: “What inspires YOU to be an NCD advocate?” Click here to finish this sentence on Twitter: I am an #NCDAdvocate because: …
Please show your support for this years initiative and get the conversation started on Twitter and Facebook
Combating NCDs in Africa request to -WHO AFRO Regional Meeting declaration
Africa’s response to the epidemic of NCDs since the political declaration on NCDs in 2011 has been underwhelming.
74% of WHO AFRO countries do not have an operational national strategy/ plan that incorporates the major NCDs and their associated burden of disease.
NCDs is the fastest growing burden of disease in the Africa Region with the mortality rate increasing from 21% in 2010 to 30% in 2012.
Africa is in a precarious position, as most countries are under resourced and unprepared to deal with the fast growing NCDs epidemic. This will further lead to social and economic implications in the near and distant future.
The East African regional meeting co-hosted with the NCD Alliance sought to address this matter and gather all relevant stakeholders in place to move action and awareness forward.
With the low and often non-existent action on NCDs in African countries agendas the NCD Alliance, WHO AFRO and partners have co-signed an agreement to raise awareness and get action.
- Expedite the development and implementation of national NCD policies/strategic plans which are integrated across sectors.
- Increase and ensure adequate and sustainable budgetary allocations for NCDs in line with recommendations of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.
- Strengthen health systems to respond to NCDs care and treatment including integrating NCDs care and treatment at primary health care settings
- Develop or, where necessary, adapt existing health information systems to collect comprehensive health data including NCDs to enable monitoring and appropriate planning.
The SA NCD Alliance (as PHANGO) is a partner in this initiative with 18 other organisations.
You can read the full document and press release here