NCD Alliance

Accelerating action on noncommunicable diseases (#NCDs) to promote health, protect rights and save lives. #ActOnNCDs

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

📣 One month to go until the Global Week for Action on NCDs!

🗨️ “World governments have made important commitments on #NCDs and #MentalHealth. Now we need to translate those commitments into action: stronger policies, sustainable financing, better access to medicines and, ultimately, tangible progress for people and communities,” says our CEO, Katie Dain, in her message marking the one-month countdown to the campaign week.

💪 With NCDs remaining the world’s biggest killers, join the movement to make a difference!

📢 Amplify the voices of people with lived experience
💬 Join the conversation on social media using #ActOnNCDs and #LeadOnNCDs
📣 Share your stories and advocacy asks with decision-makers
🗺️ Let us know about your plans for the week using the Map of Impact

Explore more and join the campaign: https://t.co/kMpX8o05DX

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

Meet Deanna Gracia , a young NCD advocate from Indonesia.

In her NCD Diary, she shares insights into living with an autoimmune disorder, accessing care and finding a sense of community.

She also calls on decision-makers to #ActOnNCDs by:
✅ Making autoimmune diagnostics and treatement more accessible
✅ Investing in autoimmune disease research and national data systems
✅ Building autoimmune support and awareness programmes in clinical and community settings.

🗨️ "Investing in our care means investing in the next generation of leaders," says Deanna.

You can read her full diary here: https://t.co/blNIkDMBQW

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

📜 This week, in our weekly newsletter, we’re wrapping up the Global Week for Action on #NCDs, bringing you the latest updates on events taking place on the sidelines of UNGA81, along with more news from the NCD community.

Read it here to find out more: https://t.co/x075fpiMrf

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

✈️ Making plans for #UNGA81?

📅 Check out our calendar of NCD-related events, designed to help NCD advocates plan their schedules and coordinate on the ground.

⬇️ You can download it here: https://t.co/b7GCg04pU0

📌 If you can't make it to New York, keep an eye out for hybrid events that you can join online.

📌 The calendar is updated regularly, so you can keep submitting the details of your events to us. The next iteration of the calendar will be published on Monday, 14 September.

[Maldives NCD Alliance @MaldivesNCDA]

This Global Week for Action on NCDs, the Maldivian Thalassaemia Society advocates for breaking down silos in healthcare.

Managing inherited blood disorders is deeply intertwined with broader NCD strategies.Invest in integrated care! Empower patient voices!
#LeadOnNCDs #ActOnNCDs

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

🗨️ "We just want everyone to be aware that these conditions exist and we are still pushing through and doing our best to live our best lives," says Deanna Gracia, a person living with an autoimmune disorder, called Graves' disease.

In the second entry of her diary, she shares the story of her friend Richelle, who also lives with an autoimmune disorder. Together, they discuss their shared and different experiences, strengthening their sense of community and deepening their understanding of autoimmune disorders among young people.

You can watch Deanna's full diary here: https://t.co/VlsKhzOKyx

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

Join CLAN Child Health, @MATES4Kids, and Lehigh University on the sidelines of #UNGA81 & Science Summit to discuss inequities for childhood NCD communities in lower-income countries and existing solutions.

📅 17 September 2026
⏰ 5:00-7:00 pm New York time
📍 Virtual

Register here: https://t.co/aVufZNPFss

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

🤝Climate action and #NCD prevention must go hand in hand to protect health and build system resilience.

New evidence from UN Environment Programme & Climate & Clean Air Coalition makes the case clear: investing in integrated climate and clean-air action is an investment in health.

💰 Every $1 spent on climate and air-pollution action could yield $15 in economic benefits, while 25 targeted measures could avert 144 million related premature deaths, according to a new report.

Find out more👉 https://t.co/5WxY5sa8Ql

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

🏭 Air pollution is one of the most important and preventable risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

💪 Through our partnership with @CleanAirFund, NCD Alliance has helped elevate air pollution within the global NCD agenda, supporting stronger policy commitments and promoting sustainable solutions by highlighting lessons learned and best practices.

🤝 We are looking forward to continuing our collaboration and advocacy for action on air pollution to prevent NCDs and improve the lives of people affected by them. Together, we can hashtag#ActOnNCDs.

🔎 You can learn more about our joint work in our Partnership in Focus article: https://t.co/SQv5tnkDLk

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

📚 This Global Week for Action, we launched practical resources to help turn commitments on NCDs into affordable, accessible care.

📘 The Advancing Access toolkit, developed with the University of NCD Policy Lab, helps advocates identify barriers to essential medicines, diagnostics and medical devices and develop specific advocacy asks.

📗 Our financing case studies from Colombia, Nepal and Uganda explore how countries are financing NCD medicines through primary health care.

📙 While our Financing Policy Brief sets out priorities for government action on equitable access, financial protection and the cost of care.

🔎 Find all the publications in our Resources on the Global Week for Action website: https://t.co/iTXJ8bmDqI

#ActOnNCDs

[Malinga Paddy Derrick, MD @paddy_malinga]

@KwizeraChris8 Spot on!

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

✈️ In New York this September for the 81st session of the UN General Assembly (#UNGA81)?

📅 Check out our calendar of NCD-related events, designed to help NCD advocates plan their schedules and coordinate on the ground.

⬇️ You can download it on our website: https://t.co/b7GCg04pU0

📌 If you can't make it to New York, keep an eye out for hybrid events that you can join online.

📌 The calendar is updated regularly, so if you would like to add your event, please follow the instructions on the linked page and submit the details to us.

[NCD Alliance East Africa @eancdalliance]

✅️ What does leadership look like when the commitments have already been made?

Our President reflects on the responsibility before African leaders today: turning political will into progress that reaches communities across East Africa.

#ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

[NCD Alliance Ghana @NCDAllianceGh]

As the #GW4A2026 closes, the opportunity to turn commitments into measurable results remains. Strong #Accountability requires reliable data, clear targets, and the meaningful participation of CSOs and people living with #NCDs and #MentalHealth conditions.

#LeadonNCDs #ActonNCDs

[Maldives NCD Alliance @MaldivesNCDA]

“Investing in NCD prevention must also mean investing in a strong, skilled and empowered nursing workforce, with the resources and opportunities to lead health promotion and community based interventions” - President @mna_nurses_
#ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

@MoHmv @presidencymv

[NCD Alliance East Africa @eancdalliance]

For our Program Manager, the future of NCD care begins much closer to home.

Strong primary health systems can bring prevention, diagnosis, and care within reach of more people across our communities. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs!

[NCD Alliance Ghana @NCDAllianceGh]

Advancing access is critical to the fight against #NCDs.
Government must prioritise equitable access to essential NCD care, medicines and diagnostics through stronger #healthplanning, sustainable financing and effective service delivery. https://t.co/B8bqR3qRCJ

#LeadOnNCDs #GW4A

[Kwizera Chris @KwizeraChris8]

To achieve more we must invest more in the commitment, thank you @ncdalliance for propping the NCDs prevention and control at the global scene @MinofHealthUG @nkamara4 @eancdalliance

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

On the final day of the Global Week for Action on NCDs 2026, we are inviting everyone to share their thoughts and opinions on what matters most in implementing commitments made on NCDs

#ActOnNCDs

[NCD Alliance East Africa @eancdalliance]

Access to NCD medicines, diagnostics, and medical devices is not simply a question of whether a product exists.

Policy and systems shape it: how products are selected, regulated, forecasted, procured, priced, and financed.

The new Advancing Access advocacy toolkit from @ncdalliance and @NCDPolicyLab helps advocates understand where these barriers occur and identify who has the power to change them.

For East Africa, this means stronger, more informed advocacy for access to the products people need to prevent, diagnose, and manage NCDs.

Read the toolkit: https://t.co/j4Hdc99mS6

#ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

[NCD Alliance East Africa @eancdalliance]

💰️ Where we put our resources says a lot about the future we want to build.

Our President-Elect @SusanTumwesigye reflects on the choices that will shape Africa’s response to NCDs and the need to make every investment count. #LeadOnNCDs! #ActOnNCDs