10th Meeting of Task Force

Overview

IAEA hosted the Tenth Meeting of the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) on 20-21 February 2018 in Vienna. The meeting was attended by 17 UN agencies, programmes, funds and intergovernmental organizations.

Mobilizing resources for UN system action at the country level was central to the discussions at the meeting. The Task Force has undertaken 25 joint programming and NCD investment case missions so far and the meeting agreed on the urgent need to ensure proper follow up action to accelerate achievement of NCD-related SDGs in these countries, as well as revised plans for future missions.

The Task Force agreed on its road map to support a successful the Third High-level of the UN General Assembly on NCDs prevention and control later in 2018 and its approach for providing inputs into the work of the recently established WHO High-level Commission on NCDs.

The Task Force reviewed progress in widening its scope of work to include the NCD-related targets included in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Task Force now has action-orientated work streams on physical activity, nutrition, mental health, joint communications, and NCDs and the environment.