More resources and healthy products to solve non -infectious diseases (NCDs) were highly taxed on products that were harmful to health, and suicide was held at the UN’s multi -stakeholders’ hearing on Friday.
The hearing was convened by the President of the UN General Assembly of Philemon Yang, so that stakeholders could identify priority for solving the NCD ahead of the UN high -level meeting (HLM) on the disease set on September 25.
70 % of death Healthy diets, lack of exercise, smoking, air pollution and mental health are caused by NCDs.
However, only 19 countries were on track to achieve the UN’s sustainable development target 3.4 to reduce the early mortality rate of NCD to one -third by 2030.
Katie Dain, the CEO of NCD Alliance, said, “The last 10 years have been made by policy success, but have failed to implement, and this HLM has to renew its promise to cost efficient policies to reduce risk factors and improve access to treatment.
After a few months of intense civil society mobilization, NCD Alliance Call to lead NCD This week, more than 500 civil society organizations signed and supported 2.5 million people.
“This advanced meeting must solve the remarkable inconsistency between the NCD’s burden and the level of funds.” We not only promote sustainable financing for NCDs by adopting specific and measured financial goals for NCDs and improving funding data and tracking. Triple promises the health taxes that have won. “
Dain also urged the government to protect the government’s health policy from “excessive impacts of the health off industry and health (big tobacco, alcohol, ultra -treated food and fossil fuels”.
‘Elephant in the room’: harmful industry
The youth speaker Stephanie Whiteman described the impact of the harmful industry as a “elephant in the room” during the hearing.
Whiteman, a member of the global mental health action network, said, “Digital platforms that amplify healthy food environment, aggressive marketing, use tobacco, use alcohol, and digital messages form all health results, including mental health.
“To deal with these decision factors, we must enact and implement a policy that restricts taxes and restricts healthy products, and clearly restrict the full warning label, and regulate the industry through conflict protection.
Whiteman said, “Today’s young people are more likely to die from suicide than in previous high -end meetings.
“We must not help and punish the lowest people. All nations must have a suicide prevention plan according to the way of living life.”
Other speakers demanded non -crime of suicide, including India, the world’s highest suicide rate, accounting for 40%of the world’s suicide and 25%among men.
Gender gaps and taxes are solved
Magda Robalo, executive director of Global Health in Women, reminded the hearing. Women and girls said, “We face the steepest barriers to the largest pressure that leads to NCD prevention, diagnosis and treatment and mental stress.
Robalo said, “In Africa, it survived for five years, and it survived in contrast to the high -income environment.
Robalo urged the government to include gender equality and financial protection in universal health security designs.
Dr. Mary -ann Etiebet, an important strategic CEO, urged the nations to impose taxes on harmful products. Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health If you increase the price of cigarettes, alcohol and sweet drinks by only 50%, you can save 50 million lives in 50 years.
ETIEBET said, “These taxes can create $ 3.7 trillion worldwide in just five years, and if these imports are on health, they can increase their medical budgets in low and intermediate income countries.
Excessive influence on the political declaration?
The “zero draft” of the political declaration that HLM will adopt will be announced this month, and the member’s negotiations were over at the end of July.
However, NCD advocates are concerned about the attempt to affect the contents of the declaration, including large foods, alcohol and fossil fuel industries in health policy clocks.
NCD Alliance advocates “a simple and high -level political result document that fills the behavior, leadership and ownership of NCD responses through real goals without industrial interference in the sector.”
‘There is nothing about us without us’
Meanwhile, the Lucía Feito Alonca of the International Diabetes Federation challenged member states to include the local communities and people living with the NCD in decision -making.
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“To all of you, my question is: Are you ready to share power or are ready to share space?
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