The impact of UN high-level meetings on non-communicable disease funding and policy implementation
Since the original UN General Assembly ‘special session’ for HIV/AIDS, there has been a proliferation of health-related high-level meetings (HLMs), including three for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and a 2019 HLM on universal health coverage that was closely aligned to the NCD framework. This pap...
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| description | Since the original UN General Assembly ‘special session’ for HIV/AIDS, there has been a proliferation of health-related high-level meetings (HLMs), including three for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and a 2019 HLM on universal health coverage that was closely aligned to the NCD framework. This paper attempts to assess the impact of these meetings in terms of funding allocations, domestic NCD policy implementation, as well as the level of international engagement with the HLMs by reviewing attendance data and records of statements (‘interventions’) made by country delegations. In contrast to HIV/AIDS, whilst NCDs have enjoyed a marked rise in international political exposure and high-level political commitments, these have not always translated into national policy implementation or greater funding allocations. This is true even for countries that have engaged most deeply with HLMs. These findings should give pause to NCD advocacy groups that expend substantial energy in calling for further high-level political commitments and highlight the need to focus support on the translation of commitments into sustainably funded action. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4909fc9ce8a944dcbeed7c82cf85e0fe2025-08-20T02:48:17ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Global Health2059-79082023-10-0181010.1136/bmjgh-2023-012186The impact of UN high-level meetings on non-communicable disease funding and policy implementationSvetlana Akselrod0Téa E Collins1Luke N Allen2Amy Collins3Daria Berlina4Global NCD Platform, WHO, Geneva, SwitzerlandGlobal NCD Platform, WHO, Geneva, Switzerlandgeneral practitioner and co-director of global primary careHealthcare Without Harm, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaGlobal NCD Platform, World Health Organization, Geneve, SwitzerlandSince the original UN General Assembly ‘special session’ for HIV/AIDS, there has been a proliferation of health-related high-level meetings (HLMs), including three for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and a 2019 HLM on universal health coverage that was closely aligned to the NCD framework. This paper attempts to assess the impact of these meetings in terms of funding allocations, domestic NCD policy implementation, as well as the level of international engagement with the HLMs by reviewing attendance data and records of statements (‘interventions’) made by country delegations. In contrast to HIV/AIDS, whilst NCDs have enjoyed a marked rise in international political exposure and high-level political commitments, these have not always translated into national policy implementation or greater funding allocations. This is true even for countries that have engaged most deeply with HLMs. These findings should give pause to NCD advocacy groups that expend substantial energy in calling for further high-level political commitments and highlight the need to focus support on the translation of commitments into sustainably funded action.https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/10/e012186.full |
| spellingShingle | Svetlana Akselrod Téa E Collins Luke N Allen Amy Collins Daria Berlina The impact of UN high-level meetings on non-communicable disease funding and policy implementation BMJ Global Health |
| title | The impact of UN high-level meetings on non-communicable disease funding and policy implementation |
| title_full | The impact of UN high-level meetings on non-communicable disease funding and policy implementation |
| title_fullStr | The impact of UN high-level meetings on non-communicable disease funding and policy implementation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of UN high-level meetings on non-communicable disease funding and policy implementation |
| title_short | The impact of UN high-level meetings on non-communicable disease funding and policy implementation |
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