Overview
The Global Week for Action on NCDs aims to unite the NCD movement each year under a specific theme, concentrating our combined efforts with the aim of reducing the NCD burden globally and increasing health and equality. Join the movement!
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancers, diabetes, mental health conditions and many others, affect us all. They cause nearly 3 out of 4 deaths globally – and billions of people live with one or more NCDs, many of which are preventable.
Theme
Each year from 2020 to 2025, the Global Week for Action of NCDs will raise awareness about NCDs while focusing on a specific theme. In 2021, we are uniting under the theme of community engagement – leveraging the power and potential of communities to co-create healthier societies. Join the movement and make a difference in your community and the world!
The theme for the Global Week for Action on NCDs (6-12 September 2021) is Community Engagement – celebrating the power and potential of communities to act together on NCDs and drive change.
Everyone has the right to participate in decision making, helping authorities to deepen their understanding of the needs of communities including people living with NCDs; identify gaps, explore and develop options in response to challenges, understand the impact of decisions on different people and groups; and balance inputs, perspectives and interests.
READ MORE: Global Week for Action on NCDs
Recommended readings
- #ActOnNCDs! Keep the Momentum. Go the Extra Mile!
- NEPAL–NCDs risk factors STEPS Survey 2019 – Tobacco Factsheet
- Bogor Declaration on Tobacco Control and NCDs Prevention #APCAT2019
- WHO launched a new community-driven platform KAP for NCDs
- NCDA civil society statement on 2018 Political Declaration on NCDs
- Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) Booklet
- High burden, low budget: NCDs in low and middle income countries
- Yoga is a valuable tool to increase physical activity and decrease NCDs
- Montevideo Roadmap 2018-2030 on NCDs as a Sustainable Development Priority
- Module For Ayurveda & Yoga Education At School
- National Yoga Day: ‘Lets practice yoga, COVID-19 will go away’
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