WHO Global Conference on NCDs

18 - 20 October 2017 Montevideo, Uruguay
Date

18 - 20 October 2017

Time

09:00 to 12:30

Location

Montevideo, Uruguay

Attendance

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is organizing the Global Conference on Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs): Enhancing policy coherence between different spheres of policy making that have a bearing on attaining SDG target 3.4 on NCDs to, by 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from NCDs through prevention and treatment. The Conference is hosted by the President of Uruguay from 18 to 20 October 2017 in Montevideo.

The goal of the conference is to highlight the critical links between reducing premature deaths from NCDs and enhancing policy coherence across areas that impact the governance, prevention, management and surveillance of NCDs.

Program

09:00

Opening ceremony and keynote addresses

10:00

Experts Panel: Building ambitious national NCD responses to reach SDG target 3.4 by 2030

11:30

Healthy Break

12:00

Ministerial Forum:
– Making bolder political choices for NCDs in the face of other interests
– Fast tracking the implementation of national NCD responses

13:30

Lunch Break

15:00

High-level Segment for Heads of State and Government
Keynote addresses
Gavel moment: Adoption of the Montevideo Roadmap/Declaration on NCDs

17:30

Family Photo
Press Conference

19:00

Reception offered by the President of Uruguay

Day 2 (Thursday, 19 October 2017 )

Radisson Victoria Plaza Hotel

09:00

Plenary multistakeholder dialogue: Mobilizing stakeholders to support and scale up coherent solutions

10:30

Healthy Break

11:00

Parallel Workshop Sessions 1
(details in the Preliminary Programme Structure at the end of this page)

13:00

Lunch Break

14:30

Plenary multistakeholder dialogue: Noncommunicable diseases through a broader lens

16:00

Parallel Workshop Sessions 2
(details in the Preliminary Programme Structure at the end of this page)

Day 3 (Friday, 20 October 2017)

Radisson Victoria Plaza Hotel

09:00

Final Plenary
Keynote addresses: Way forward – paradigm shift in global response to the NCD challenge

11:30

Healthy Break

12:00

Closing Ceremony

12:30

Conference adjourns

Resources

Supporting documents

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