Plenary 3
Powering up communities
15 February
09:00-10:00
Auditorium
Jacqui Thornton
Moderator
Vuyiseka Dubula
South African AIDS activist and Head of Community, Rights & Gender at Global Fund
Edith Mukantwari
Lived experience advocate, Voices for Pen-Plus advocate, NCD Diarist, Executive Director Africa Diabetes Alliance
Dr Ravi Ram
Executive Director, Madhira Institute and Director of Evaluation, Medwise
Co-chair WHO Civil Society Commission
Affiliated with the People’s Health Movement
Radhika Shrivastav
Senior Director, HRIDAY
Governing Board member, Healthy India Alliance
Dr Joseph Kibachio
Medical Advisor for Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organisation
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Powering up communities: Fueling Progress Against Noncommunicable Diseases
The third plenary will explore the role and vital importance of communities in advancing the NCD response. It will discuss good practice and opportunities to unlock the value of civil society and communities, including providing enabling environments, inclusive governance mechanisms and promoting social participation. This plenary will promote strategies to operationalise the meaningful involvement of people living with NCDs and leverage the WHO Framework on Meaningful Engagement of People Living with NCDs and Mental Health and Neurological Conditions and NCD Alliance’s Global Charter as essential advocacy resources. This session will look to foster a collective sense of the NCD community as a growing global movement dedicated to advancing the response, particularly in the lead-up to the UN High-Level Meeting in 2025 and beyond
