UNHLM Declaration

Day 1: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/ga11138.doc.htm

Day 2: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/ga11146.doc.htm

The Declaration is available in all six UN languages by clicking here, as are translations of a release issued by the Alliance to comment on the Summit. Please amend this material for use at a national level. It’s important that the message goes out that the Summit has been a major milestone in securing global solutions to the NCD epidemic.

Healthy Caribbean Coalition/Get the Message UNHLM documents - View or download the Healthy Caribbean Coalition Get the Message documents produced for the campaign to raise awareness and gain support for the UN High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs) here more ...........

Professor Hassell speaks about the Healthy Caribbean Coalition at the PAHO/WEF Interactive Panel

"The beginning of the End of NCD's in the Americas"

September 20th UN High Level Meeting in New York

Caribbean Leaders Praised for Early Action on Noncommunicable Diseases - Heads of state from other regions pledge to share lessons, mobilize efforts to fight NCDs New York, 19 September 2011 (PAHO/WHO) — Heads of state and health leaders from the Caribbean reached out to their counterparts in other regions to urge stronger collaborative action against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), as the United Nations General Assembly passed a historic resolution on the same subject today. more ...........

Photographs from the CARICOM meeting in New York - 19th September 2011 please view the photographs of the CARICOM interactive discussion on the achievement and challenge of the prevention and control of NCD which took place at the UN High Level Meeting in New York  more ...........

Diabetes Roadmap for the UN Summit on NCDs - IDF Advocacy to Action Newsletter - UN Member States finally reached consensus on the draft Political Declaration for the UN Summit, official government delegations are being announced and names of civil society speakers at the Summit have been released. IDF will make a major impact at the Summit with high-profile side events to promote the new global diabetes figures, the first-ever Global Diabetes Plan 2011-2021, a policy brief series on diabetes issues, and a celebratory Unite for a Healthy Future rally on the eve of the Summit. more ...........

Conflicts of interest and the UN high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases - The Lancet 16th September 2011.  Many non-governmental organisations and professional groups are increasingly concerned by the current UN approach to engaging with private-sector and trade associations whose products and marketing contribute to the development of non-communicable diseases (NCD). The UN high-level meeting on NCDs (chiefly cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases) on Sept 19—20, 2011, will present an unprecedented opportunity to address this important but neglected global health issue.1 More than 140 public-interest organisations from around the world have signed up to the Conflict of Interest Declaration,2 which has been sent to the President of the General Assembly, and the co-convenors of the high-level meeting—the Ambassadors from Luxembourg and Jamaica. more ...........

LIVES CUT SHORT: NEW REPORT REVEALS DIVIDE BETWEEN RICH AND POOR COUNTRIES FOR PREMATURE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE DEATHS -World Heart Federation Website 17th September 2011 - Data provides a wake-up call for governments and individuals to take action against heart disease and stroke. New York, 17 September 2011 – A new global analysis reveals that some of the poorest countries in the world have among the highest age-standardized mortality rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The data, launched today ahead of the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Non-Communicable Diseases, reveals growing inequalities in the cases and deaths of CVD between countries and populations, with the percentage of premature deaths from CVD more than twice as high in low-income countries compared with high-income countries. more ...........

NCD Summit: take action Join FCA in telling world leaders to take action on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) during the NCD summit - UN  World leaders are about to gather at the UN for an historic summit on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This is our chance to make NCDs and the common risk factor, tobacco use, a global health priority. Take action: add you face and FCA will display it at the UN meeting as we call on world leaders to Face Up to It! more ...........

World Health Organization - United Nations high-level meeting on noncommunicable disease prevention and control - Date: 19-20 September 2011 - Place: New York, USA. Noncommunicable diseases - or NCDs - like heart attacks and strokes, cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease account for over 63% of deaths in the world today. Every year, NCDs kill 9 million people under 60. The socio-economic impact is staggering. Global leaders will meet at the United Nations in New York from 19-20 September 2011 to set a new international agenda on NCDs. more ...........

ProCor - a global community promoting cardiovascular health - UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs. - The United Nations will hold a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases in September 2011 (UN Summit on NCDs). This Summit will bring unprecedented attention to NCDs and their devastating effect on low- and middle-income countries. Although it is not 100% clear what will result from the Summit, many different organizations, groups, and individuals are advocating for concrete outcomes such as funding and mandatory reporting requirements. The ProCor network sits uniquely in a position to provide a strong, unified voice during this advocacy time leading up to the Summit. Being a diverse community of experts (from community health workers to multinational institutions), we want to hear your thoughts on what the Summit needs to focus on. What needs to be done to address the global burden of NCDs (and more specifically CVDs)? What needs to change? more ...........