Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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24 Sep 2025

NCD Alliance, World Diabetes Foundation, World Health Organization

Fourth Multistakeholder Gathering charts pathways for stronger NCD and mental health governance

New York — With global health leaders warning that progress on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health is still far off track, the Fourth Multistakeholder Gathering convened on the sidelines of UNGA80 to push for practical solutions. Hosted on the first day of the high-level debate, the evening brought together ministers, civil society advocates, academics, and private sector represent...

24 Sep 2025

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World Health Organization, NCD Alliance, World Obesity Federation, The George Institute for Global Health

Advancing multisectoral and multistakeholder actions on noncommunicable diseases: thematic issue briefs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

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 instit...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+3

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19 Aug 2025

World Obesity Federation

Help improve obesity prevention and care globally: Take part in the MAPPS II survey

The World Obesity Federation has launched the MAPPS II (Management and Advocacy for Providers, Patients and Systems) surveys — a global effort to understand and strengthen obesity care, prevention pathways, and health system responses.The MAPPS II surveys are now live and open to three key groups:Health care professionalsPolicy makers, civil society organisations, and researchersPeople with live...

19 Aug 2025

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28 May 2025

World Obesity at the United Nations Multistakeholder Hearing on NCDs

On Friday, 2 May 2025, World Obesity Federation volunteers and staff participated in the Interactive Multistakeholder Hearing at United Nations Headquarters in New York calling for action on obesity to be at the heart of the global noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) response.This hearing provided a crucial opportunity for World Obesity and its community to elevate the urgency of systemic action on obe...

28 May 2025

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25 May 2025

United for Global Mental Health

United for Global Mental Health and the 78th World Health Assembly

by Sarah Kline.&nbsp;What a week! The World Health Assembly (WHA) gathers health ministers and the health community from around the world. Mental health is firmly on the global and national agenda, and we have left Geneva feeling optimistic and energised.&nbsp;Mental health had the highest profile at a WHA that we’ve ever seen, and for all the right reasons:Numerous governments committed to actO...

25 May 2025

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08 May 2025

NCD Alliance

NCD voices from SIDS and other countries calling for leadership ahead of HLM4

In late April, NCD advocates from around the world gathered in New York to recharge their efforts and meet with their countries’ representatives ahead of the fourth UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health (HLM4). At HLM4, countries will renew their commitments to stopping the world’s biggest killer, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), from claiming 43 million lives every year. The Multi-S...

08 May 2025

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28 Oct 2024

World Health Organization

Rethinking multisectoral and multistakeholder action to strengthen NCD responses: co-developing issue briefs ahead of HLM4 (Extended Deadline: 6 December)

Ahead of next year’s&nbsp;Fourth High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the prevention and control of NCDs, and the Second General Meeting of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCD)&nbsp;in April 2025, preparations to develop technical resources&nbsp;and advocacy materials&nbsp;with GCM Participants and strategic partners&nbsp;are in full-swing.&nbsp;[[8736]]Through its...

28 Oct 2024

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26 Jun 2024

World Obesity Federation

Driving multisectoral action on obesity in Brazil

The obesity epidemic presents a global health emergency, currently affecting 1 billion people worldwide, continuing to be misunderstood by society at large, assigning blame to the individual and reinforcing stigmatizing stereotypes with great consequences to persons living with obesity, their mental health and likelihood to seek and access quality care. Brazil is no exception, where currently 25%...

26 Jun 2024

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25 Jun 2024

World Obesity Federation

Chemical pollutants: An invisible cause of obesity?

Persistent chemicals in the environment may be adding to the obesity epidemic and, says Dr Tim Lobstein, are another reason why individuals should not be blamed for weight gain. &nbsp; In 2002 a paper in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine suggested that the obesity epidemic that had emerged in the preceding two decades in developed economies may be linked to exposure to en...

25 Jun 2024

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25 Jun 2024

World Obesity Federation, World Health Organization,

World Obesity at the 77th World Health Assembly

The World Obesity team joined our members and fellow health organisations at the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva to progress action on obesity. &nbsp; The 77th WHA started off at Walk the Talk and with the World Heart Summit, launching a full week of moments and events where civil society, health champions and governments gathered, solidifying coalitions, as we move towards the 20...

25 Jun 2024

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World Obesity Federation

Accelerating action on Obesity: catalysing a multi-sectoral approach (World Obesity Atlas)

Report

20 Mar 2024

Today, no country in the world is on track to reach the target to ‘halt the rise’ of obesity prevalence by 2030, as set in 2013 by the World Health Organization and approved by all governments. In reality, rather than a zero increase, the World O...

ReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of health+3

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World Obesity Federation

World Obesity Atlas 2024

Publication

20 Mar 2024

A report providing a&nbsp;comprehensive overview of obesity rates and trends worldwide, with clear projections as to how the trajectory of the fallout from obesity is likely to affect the world.

PublicationMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+8

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