Global Noncommunicable diseases platform
Publication date: 2014
WHO Global NCD Platform (GNP) brings together the Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs and the UN Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NCDs, and oversees other multi-stakeholder cross-cutting initiatives on NCDs and related health challenges. The overall purpose of GNP is to coordinate the UN system and mobilize non-State actors to unlock their transformative potential to complement and enhance WHO’s work in supporting governments develop whole-of-government and whole-of-society responses to address Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target 3.4 and other NCD-related SDGs. The GNP exists to ensure NCDs stay high on political, health and development agendas.