World Health Organization
Reporting on the world’s biggest killers: a journalist’s guide to covering noncommunicable diseases
Guide
08 Oct 2025
World Health Organization, NCD Alliance, World Obesity Federation, The George Institute for Global Health
22 Sep 2025
The thematic issue briefs discuss challenges and opportunities in advancing multisectoral and multistakeholder action on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Each brief includes a rationale, stakeholder-specific recommendations and key messages on institutionalizing multisectoral governance, leveraging data and evidence for multisectoral policies and programmes, and strengthening multisectoral narratives on NCDs. Co-developed with leading participant organizations of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCD), the briefs are designed to serve as both additional technical references and strong advocacy tools to advance multisectoral and multistakeholder action on NCDs.