WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress on SDG target 3.4 on NCDs and Mental Health

The World Health Organization is organizing the Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress on SDG Target 3.4 on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health. The Meeting is hosted by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman.

The overarching goal of the Global Meeting it to accelerate the implementation of national responses to address NCDs and mental health conditions with a view to reduce premature mortality and scale up interventions to reach SDG target 3.4 by 2030. The Meeting will focus on sharing success stories and challenges in countries.

The Global Meeting will have the following segments:

• Technical meeting for National NCD Directors and Programme Managers (9-10 December)
• High-level Segment for Member States and United Nations Organizations, as well as non-State actors, at level of Ministers and heads of organizations (afternoon of 10 December);
• Multistakeholder Partners’ Forum (11 December);
• Regional Meetings, side events and site visits (12 December).

The Global Meeting and Partners’ Forum will be anchored in the vision outlined in WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work (2019-2020) to achieve three strategic priorities (achieving UHC, addressing health emergencies, and promoting healthier populations) through the triple billion targets.

Providing effective national responses to address NCDs and mental health conditions requires strong national partnerships. The building and coordinating of results-oriented collaborative efforts and alliances are essential components of any national response. Partnerships are also vital because resources for the prevention and control of NCDs and the promotion of mental health and well-being are limited in most national and institutional budgets. Governments have committed to promote meaningful civil society engagement and engage with the private sector while giving due regard to managing conflicts of interest.

The Global Meeting in Oman will provide an opportunity to all relevant stakeholders to come together in order to share experiences and come up with innovative collaborative ideas on how to scale up action against NCDs at country level.

VENUE:

Muscat, Oman
9-12 December 2019

Original source: WHO
Published on 20 November 2019