This Constituency Statement was coordinated by the NCD Alliance and the World Heart Federation Statement and supported by Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, PATH, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (Sightsavers), Women Deliver, Vital Strategies, International Federation on Ageing, Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF), International Diabetes Federation, Association Africaine des Centrales d’Achats de Médicaments Essentiels, Global Health Council, World Cancer Research Fund International, World Blind Union, Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH), the World Hypertension league (WHL) and International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO).