Dr Shanthi Mendis MBBS MD FRCP FACC Director a.i . Department for the Management of NCDs

1. Dr Shanthi Mendis MBBS MD FRCP FACC Director a.i. Department for the Management of NCDs Global Strategy and Global Action Plan 2013-2020 for the prevention and control of NCDs

2. Global Mile stones : Prevention and Control of NCDs 2000 Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2003 Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health 2004 Action Plan 2008-2013 on the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2008 Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol 2009 WHO Global Status Report on NCDs 2010 2011 Political Declaration on NCDs 2013 2020 WHO Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs for 2013-2020

3. NCDs as priority within the development agenda • Leading role of WHO as the Global Public Health Agency • Specific assignments that WHO has to deliver by 2014 UN High-level Meeting on NCDs

4. WHO Executive Board resolution EB130.R7 2. REQUESTS the Director-General: to develop, in a consultative manner, a WHO action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs for 2013–2020, building on lessons learnt from the 2008–2013 action plan and taking into account the outcomes of the High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of NCDs, the Moscow Declaration on Healthy Lifestyles and NCD Control, the Rio Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, building on and being consistent with existing WHO strategies and tools on tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity; to submit to the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly, through the Executive Board, a WHO action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs for 2013–2020 for consideration and possible adoption.

5. Process

6. WHO Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020 –objectives The Action Plan comprises a set of actions which, when performed collectively by Member States, UN agencies, international partners and WHO, will reduce the burden of preventable morbidity and disability and avoidable mortality due to NCDs.

7. Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020 Vision A world free of the avoidable burden of noncommunicable diseases. Goal To reduce the preventable and avoidable burden of morbidity, mortality and disability due to noncommunicable diseases by means of multisectoral collaboration and cooperation at national, regional and global levels, so that populations reach the highest attainable standards of health, quality of life,and productivity at every age and those diseases are no longer a barrier to well-being or socioeconomic development.

8. Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020Overarching principles and approaches • Human rights • Equity based approach • Universal health coverage • Life-course approach • Evidence-based strategies • Multisectoral action • National action and international cooperation and solidarity • Empowerment of people and communities • Management of conflict of interest

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15. UN Task Force on NCDs

16. Cross-sectoral government engagement to reduce risk factors and potential health effects of multisectoral action

17. UN Secretary-General's report: Five functional gaps in the global response to NCDs

18. Thank you