Following is an excerpt from an editorial posted on Wednesday, May 18. For the full article, go to these sites:http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/cgi/content/full/caac.20120v1 Creating a 21st century global health agenda: The General Assembly of the United Nations High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases |
Edward E. Partridge, MD1, Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, MSPH, PhD, RD2, Ralph L. Sacco, MS, MD, FAAN, FAHA3 and Alan J. Balch, MS, PhD4
1President, Board of Directors, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
2President, Health Care & Education, American Diabetes Association, Alexandria, VA
3President, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, Dallas, TX
4Vice President, Preventive Health Partnership, Atlanta, GA
Corresponding author: Alan J. Balch, MS, PhD, Vice President, Preventive Health Partnership, Atlanta, GA; [email protected]
DISCLOSURES: The authors reported no conflicts of interest.
On May 13, 2010, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) voted unanimously for UN Resolution 64/265 to hold a High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases in September 2011. This UN High Level Meeting, to be held in New York, is an unparalleled opportunity to put noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and chronic respiratory disease, on the global health and development agenda. It also has the potential to secure political commitments from heads of government for a coordinated global response to NCDs, to promote multisectoral action to addressing NCDs within countries, and to ensure that resource allocations for addressing NCDs are more commensurate with their contribution to the global disease burden. Such actions will provide the urgent and necessary momentum to dramatically improve the prevention and management of NCDs for future generations. Our 3 organizations, as well as other partners, are working together to maximize the impact of this meeting. The world can no longer afford to ignore the ever-expanding global, social, and economic threat posed by chronic diseases.
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