2025 and beyond: Leadership in NCDs from grassroots to governments

This first plenary will reflect on the global NCD response to date and look ahead to 2025 which marks a critical juncture – the end date of the current global NCD targets and the next UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs.

It will explore the hard-fought gains and progress achieved across NCD prevention and treatment, the remaining challenges and fault lines for 2025 and beyond, and the transformations and innovations needed in NCDs within the context of a complex poly-crisis.

This plenary will showcase the leaders that are on the frontline making a difference in advancing effective policies and solutions, from government policy makers to grassroots activists, and unpack the motivations, enablers and strategies used to make systemic change in NCDs.