With the adoption of the Kidney Health Resolution at the 78th World Health Assembly #WHA78, we’ve reached a historic milestone. However, true impact comes from turning global commitments into action.
#HLM4 #UNGA #UNGA80 #KidneyHealthMatters
3/6 Sie soll die Richtung für nationale und globale Bemühungen bis 2030 und darüber hinaus vorgeben. Da die Welt bei der Erreichung der Ziele im Bereich nichtübertragbarer Krankheiten hinter den Erwartungen zurückbleibt, wurde das diesjährige hochrangige Treffen #HLM4 als Wendepunkt angesehen.
Australia showed up for #HLM4 on #NCDs & #MentalHealth.
Hayley Jones (McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer) & I shared a recap with @croakeynews.bsky.social
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#ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs #UNGA80
👏 We’re proud to celebrate Food Policy Program partner RedPaPaz honored at the 2025 UNIAFT awards during #UNGA #HLM4 for driving Colombia’s sugary drink & ultra-processed product taxes and front-of-package warning labels.
I was also humbled to meet inspiring global health leaders like Rhonda Sealey-Thomas, Satoshi Ezo,and Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala @who.int Western Pacific Region Director; their dedication to improving health worldwide is truly motivating. ✨
#UNGA #HLM4 #ThisIsISN #GlobalHealth
I am grateful to work alongside Marcello Tonelli, @theisn.org’s President, and Magdalena Machalska, ISN Advocacy Director, as we continue advancing ISN’s mission to make kidney health a global health priority.
#ThisIsISN #HLM4 #UNGA
It was an honor to be in New York City during #UNGA supporting the @theisn.org’s advocacy efforts to strengthen global recognition of kidney health. 🌍💙
#UNGA80 #KidneyHealthMatters #GlobalHealth #HLM4
The ISN remains hopeful and will continue championing kidney health to ensure it is recognized as a global health priority.
#HLM4 #UNGA #UNGA80
Headline pretty much says it all 🤯
RFK Jr torpedoes UN declaration on non-communicable diseases #NCDS #HLM4
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Continuing to advocate for global recognition of kidney health.
Although there has been a delay in the adoption of the political declaration on NCDs at #HLM4 on non-communicable diseases, it is now expected to move to a General Assembly vote for adoption as a resolution in the coming weeks.
Graphic from Clean Air Fund which reads 'UNGA leaders' declaration on NCDs doesn't go far enough on air quality'
Heads of state and government recognised #AirPollution as a major driver of poor health yesterday at #UNGA80 High-Level Meeting on NCDs.
But the declaration still awaits formal approval - and fails to endorse existing targets to reduce air quality-related deaths.
Learn more 👇 #HLM4
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" #NCDs & #MentalHealth are not invicible, silent killers or lifestyle diseases. They're disabling, life-threatening, impoverishing, & public health threats. They deserve urgent action, political will, and sustained financing", Kwanele Asante, WHO Civil Society Working Group #HLM4
Before the close of the high level meeting our statement with the @who.int civil society working group on #ncds ! So proud ! ✊️✊️✊️
#hlm4 #UNGA80
Non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer are often overlooked in #crises
#HLM4, taking place today, is a key opportunity for governments and policymakers to prioritise #NCDs in their emergency preparedness plans
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At the #HLM4 on #NCDs, we’re urging leaders to:
✅ Expand national health benefit packages
✅ Dismantle disease silos
✅ Engage people living with or at risk of NCDs in health governance
It’s time to make #HealthForAll a reality for everyone, everywhere.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/UHC4NCDs
At yesterday's @foreignpolicy.com Health Forum ‘Screen Smart, Save Hearts,’ ISN President Tonelli shared encouraging news: kidney health is now in the #UNGA declaration, opening the door to integrated action to curb NCD mortality, as CKD is set to become the 5th leading cause of death #HLM4 #UNGA80
“Everybody knows someone living with a non-communicable disease. But normalcy doesn’t mean complacency.” - President of the UN General Assembly at #HLM4 on #NCDs & #MentalHealth
Let’s #ActOnNCDs
#UNGA80 #UNGA
Dr Tedros at the #HLM4 opening plenary: ‘What is needed is commitment, speed and scale’ - and ‘Remember that we are here in this room for the people who are not.’ #NCDs
As world leaders gather today at #HLM4 to accelerate progress on #NCDs, we stress the need for #urban specific approaches that respond to the diversity of urban populations and health providers, to #ActonNCDs for poorest urban populations
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🇺🇳 This Thursday, September 25, Santé Diabète is taking part in the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases #NCDs and #MentalHealth.
👉 A key moment to amplify the voice of civil society and strengthen government action.
#HLM4 #UNGA80 #UNGA #LeadOnNCDs
Ahead of today's #HLM4, we call for funding, scaling, & strengthening community health programs to prevent & control #NCDs.
Curious how #proCHWs can deliver NCD screening & care? Learn about Ethiopia's pioneering approach
➡️ bit.ly/4mzwTB2 #UNGA80 #ActOnNCDs
#UNGA80 In a fragmenting world and with #ForeignAid being cut, countries from the Global South are pivoting, showing resilience to ensure the sustainability of their public health systems and health of populations. Simon Williams reports. www.bmj.com/content/390/...
#HLM4 #NCDs #HLM #UN
The October 2025 cover of The Lancet Global Health, featuring a photograph of a Sikh man shopping in a grocery store
Our October issue is now live! lnkd.in/eezpGTwq
Featuring:
👉 An Editorial on the burden of NCDs among people of South Asian heritage www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
👉 A Comment urging global health policy makers to recognise obesity as a disease www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#HLM4
📢Today at #HLM4 @whpa.bsky.social reaffirms there is no progress on #NCDs without investment in the #healthworkforce
Read more: www.wma.net/news-post/in...
#NCDs #UNGA80 #UniversalHealthCoverage #PrimaryHealthCare #MedSky
#NCDs cause 41 million deaths each year, with the poorest and most vulnerable bearing the heaviest burden. With the #HLM4 on #NCDs taking place today, we urge leaders to invest in #UHC to shield families from cycles of debt, poverty and chronic illness.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/UHC4NCDs
The next 5 years present a critical opportunity to address the growing threat to global health posed by NCDs.
We join global leaders at #HLM4 to identify the action needed to meet the global target of reducing one-third of premature deaths from NCDs by 2030.
Learn more: http://bit.ly/3KfBKcZ
🩺The biggest health threats of our time are not necessarily contagious.
📍 Join us in Berlin, October 12-14, and shape solutions that reduce the burden of NCDs and improve mental health worldwide.
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/oqmcgkszag
#WHS2025 #GlobalHealth #NCDs #MentalHealth #HLM4
