NCD Alliance
In 2009, the World Heart Federation and its sister federations the International Diabetes Federation and the Union for International Cancer Control formed the Non‐Communicable Disease (NCD) Alliance, joined in early 2010 by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, together representing 880 member associations in more than 170 countries.
The NCD Alliance mobilized civil society to campaign for a United Nations (UN) Summit on NCDs. On 13th May 2010, the UN voted unanimously for the passage of resolution 64/265, ‘Prevention and control of non‐communicable diseases.’
As the global burden of NCDs continues to grow, this resolution – calling for Heads of State to address NCDs in a High‐Level Summit to be convened in September 2011 – serves as a major political statement that has the potential to make NCDs a priority among international leaders and secure multisectoral commitment for their prevention and control.
NCD Alliance Outcomes Document
Practical, achievable actions to turn the tide of a global epidemic of non-communicable diseases have been published by the NCD Alliance. The actions are set out in a detailed document that represents the NCD Alliance’s proposals for a successful UN High-Level Summit on NCDs to be held in New York this September. Expert thinking and extensive experience in dealing with cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes have been brought together to develop 34 recommendations with the overall aim of reducing deaths by NCDs by two per cent a year.
Publication of the Proposed Outcomes Document is a significant milestone in preparing the world’s leaders ahead of the Summit – only the second in the UN’s history to be held on a health-related issue. The first one, held in 2001 on HIV/AIDS, is largely credited with garnering the political will and resources to turn around the AIDS crisis.
