The Defeat-NCD Partnership
The Defeat-NCD Partnership was established
in January...
The Defeat-NCD Partnership
The Defeat-NCD Partnership was established
in January 2018 to help tackle the most significant global health problem of
the age: premature death, sickness, disability, and the associated social and
economic impacts of selected non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These are
projected to cost tens of billions of dollars with the most adverse
consequences falling upon the poorer countries and communities.
The Defeat-NCD Partnership is hosted by the United Nations Office for
Project Services (UNOPS), and forms part of its
growing portfolio of global health related Partnerships such as Stop TB, Roll Back Malaria,
Scaling up Nutrition,
Water Supply and
Sanitation Collaborative Council. Overall, UNOPS health-related work
totaled some US$430 million in 2017 and it is the biggest sector we work in.
Our vision is that of a world in which there is
universal health coverage for NCDs. This is a direct contribution to the
transformational 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to which all nations
subscribe.
Our mission is to enable and assist the
approximately 100 lower-income and lesser-developed countries to scale-up
sustained action against NCDs so that they can progress SDG 3 on ensuring
healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages and, more
specifically, to achieve target 3.4 to reduce, by one-third, premature
mortality from NCDs by 2030. Our initial
focus is on diabetes and hypertension with expansion to other NCDs in due
course probably starting with the early detection and treatment of cervical and
breast cancer.
Defeat-NCD is a ‘public-private-people’
Partnership that is an autonomous inclusive programme of the United Nations
system. Our membership and governance include governments, multilateral
agencies, civil society, academia, philanthropic foundations, and the business
sector. We subscribe to the ethical
principles of the United Nations Global Compact.
We follow the technical norms and guidance issued by the World Health Organization.
Our operating procedures derive from United Nations rules but are designed to
be fast and responsive. We work in a complementary and coordinated way with
other health and development actors at all levels.
The secretariat of
the Defeat-NCD Partnership is located in Geneva, Switzerland.