The Seventeenth Meeting of the Task Force was co-hosted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) between 6-8 December 2021. Twenty-four Task Force members participated as well as a small number of United Nations Resident Coordinators.
Actions were agreed to drive forward activities at country level on tobacco control, reducing harmful use of alcohol, and improving healthy diet – and across a number of joint programmes and initiatives, including the flagship NCD2030 initiative.
Members agree to continue their work to advocate and build the case at country level for Global Fund applications to include NCDs and mental health as appropriate, in line with the Global Fund’s co-infection and co-morbidities policy.
Members received an update on the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund for NCDs and Mental Health and the outcomes of the first Steering Committee that was held last month.
Task Force members agreed to finalize a Task Force strategy for 2022-2024 as the successor to the current one, taking into account the mid-point evaluation of the implementation of the WHO Global NCD Action Plan that also evaluated the work of the Task Force, and recent ECOSOC resolutions on the work of the Task Force.