WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs welcomes six new organizations

In December 2025 and January 2026, six additional civil society organizations have been confirmed to join the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCD), strengthening global support to countries in advancing their NCD response through multisectoral government action and multistakeholder engagement.  The Secretariat warmly welcomes the new Participants to the growing networks of 64 organizations. 

The newly joined organizations include actors from across the wide spectrum of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) prevention and response strategies, including major diseases, risk factors and determinants. 

With Childhood Cancer International and the World Cancer Research Fund International, two key players working on cancer globally join the GCM/NCD. Childhood Cancer International (CCI) is the largest global patient-support organization for childhood cancer, representing 200+ member organizations and 100+ countries, and working to reduce the pain and suffering of children with cancer and achieve optimal access to care and treatment for all. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) International is a not-for-profit organisation that leads and unifies a network of cancer prevention charities, championing the latest global scientific research on cancer prevention and survival through diet, body weight and physical activity. 

The International Alliance for Diabetes Action is a collective impact initiative, uniting organizations with a shared mission to improve access to high-quality, person-centred diabetes care in humanitarian crises. 

The Global Allergy and Airways Patient Platform supports and empowers patients with allergies, airways and atopic diseases by protecting their rights and insisting on the duties of governments, healthcare professionals and the general public. GAAPP’s vision is to create a world where patients with allergies, airways and atopic diseases live better. 

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is the leading international advocacy organization reducing tobacco use around the world, through the adoption and implementation of proven public health policies, by expanding funding, and by building powerful advocacy movements to tackle public health challenges and reduce health disparities worldwide.

The Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital works to accelerate the just redistribution of resources in the interest of global health equity by identifying integrated units of operational effectiveness in health care delivery and scaling their implementation through collective action.

Alongside fellow GCM Participant organizations, the six organizations are now able to contribute key knowledge resources, events, news and country stories to the Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs. 

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