US EditionGlobal leaders adopt political declaration to combat NCDs and mental health challenges
The declaration sets 2030 targets including 150 million fewer tobacco users and expanded mental health care access, urging countries to ensure sustainable financing and national policy action.
- Leaders from across the world at the Eightieth United Nations General Assembly adopted a political declaration integrating NCDs and mental health with targets of 150 million fewer tobacco users, controlled hypertension, and mental health access by 2030.
- Rising rates of noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions affect over one billion people and claim 150 million lives prematurely each year, driven by preventable risk factors.
- The declaration requires at least 80% of countries with policy measures and 80% of primary health care facilities with access to WHO‑recommended essential medicines and technologies.
- It urges countries to secure adequate, predictable and sustained funding through increased domestic financing and strengthened international partnerships, while the UN Secretary‑General will report on progress and WHO and UN agencies will support Member States in accountability.
- Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, described the commitments as a `once-in-a-generation opportunity` and the declaration frames NCDs and mental health as central to sustainable development with a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach engaging civil society, youth, persons with disabilities and people with lived experience.
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Uncommunicable diseases are currently the main cause of death worldwide, causing about 18 million premature deaths per year, while mental health problems affect more than one billion people worldwide.
The United Nations hopes that the measure "beginning a new one was in combating some of the most urgent health challenges in the world, which affect people of all ages and performance levels".
Global leaders adopt political declaration to combat NCDs and mental health challenges
Leaders from across the world at the Eightieth United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) have adopted the political declaration to combat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health challenges through a fully integrated approach.
The planet will place non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health in its health road map. Thus, it is reflected after leaders from all over the world have adopted the United Nations political declaration to combat problematic paths through an integrated approach, based on the assistance and promotion of healthy lifestyles. It is a resolution supported by many countries, which was discussed in New York on September 25th. An appointment in …
Political declaration of the fourth high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of NCDs and the promotion of mental health and well-being
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