Civil Society Resource Library

Bridging the Gap on NCDs: From global promises to local progress - Discussion paper

Policy Briefs
| 09th February 2020

This discussion paper outlines the gaps in the first decade of the NCD response. Calling on the experience of NCD Alliance’s global network of people living with NCDs, advocates, campaigners and experts collected via several surveys, as well as the latest data from the World Health Organization and peer reviewed literature, the following pages identify what has been lost in translation of the global targets for NCD reduction and describe the major barriers to meaningful progress.

Global NCDA Forum
Bridging the Gap - NCD Civil Society Compass

Tools & Guidance
| 09th February 2020

This NCD Civil Society Compass presents the outcomes of an analysis of the major gaps in the first decade of the noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) response and potential actions for civil society to bridge these gaps and accelerate progress. The gaps are outlined in full in the companion document Bridging the Gap on NCDs: from global promises to local progress and pinpoint the major barriers to meaningful progress, based on opinion surveys of the NCD Alliance network and drawing on WHO data and peer reviewed research.

Global NCDA Forum
Social Media Toolkit - Global NCDA Forum 2020

Tools & Guidance
| 06th February 2020

This social media toolkit provides tips on how to use social platforms during the Global NCDA Forum 2020 as well as sample messages, key hashtags and accounts to follow.

Global NCDA Forum
India Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs

Advocacy Materials
| 06th January 2020

The India Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs was developed as a part of the Healthy India Alliance's (HIA) partnership with the NCD Alliance drawing on the Our Views, Our Voices initiative to promote meaningful involvement of people living with NCDs in the NCD response, at the subnational, national and global levels.

Our Views, Our Voices, NCD voices, Advocacy Agenda
Clean Air Now

Policy Briefs
| 03rd December 2019

This briefing illustrates that actions taken around the world can bring some quick wins for health. Local, national and regional air pollution policies not only benefit air quality in cities, but also have important and immediate health co-benefits and are important for mitigating global climate change in the longer-term.

air pollution, climate crisis, planetary health
World Alzheimer Report 2019: Attitudes to dementia

Advocacy Materials
| 20th September 2019

The World Alzheimer Report 2019: Attitudes to dementia analyses findings of the world’s largest survey on attitudes to dementia, as well as expert essays and case studies from across the world.

ADI, Alzheimers
Open Letter to Governments ahead of the UN HLM UHC

Advocacy Materials
| 19th September 2019

From promises to progress on Health for All: Open Letter to Governments ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, calling them for greater commitment and leadership on NCDs, on UHC and on SDGs.

universal health coverage, UN High-Level Meeting, open letter
Expanding Access to Care, Supporting Global, Regional and Country level NCD Action - Programme report

National & Regional Action
| 19th August 2019

Expanding Access to Care, Supporting Global, Regional and Country level NCD Action, was a 5-year NCD Alliance programme during 2013-2017, aimed at strengthening NCD civil society capacity to stimulate progress on NCD prevention and control. The report documents the programme, outlining good practices and lesson learned, highlighting achievements, and providing examples of successful approaches with the potential for replication in other settings.

regional and national advocacy