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Rio Plus 20 and the Implications for NCDs

INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN NCDS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• Diet, Nutrition, & Obesity
• NCD Control, Urbanization, and

Green Cities

• Tobacco Control and

Sustainable Development

• Environmental Carcinogens

IMPORTANCE OF MULTI-SECTORAL ACTION FOR HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• -Policies and programs that are appropriate to

the needs, cultural context, health system, resource level, and disease burden of target publics and patients.

• -Integrated design and implementation of

research, surveillance, and data collection strategies, enhancing their quality and utility for sustainable development

EXISTING MULTI-SECTORAL EFFORTS FOR HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• -Tobacco control efforts:
• New York City Smoking Ban (USA)
• Tobacco Control (Uruguay)
• Mayor’s Anti- Tobacco Alliance (Indonesia)
• -Efforts to address NCD dietary risk factors:
• New York City Ban on Trans Fat (USA)
• National Sodium Intervention (Argentina)
• -Programs on sustainable transportation and

physical activity:

• Sustainable Transport & Ciclovia
• -Programs targeting indoor cooking with solid fuels

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MULTI-SECTORAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ACTION

• Implement and strengthen knowledge of tools and

strategies for multi-sectoral action that effectively promote collaboration, efficiency, and accountability.

• Foster continued development of the UN

Interagency Mechanism on NCDs

• Establish a Global Coordinating Platform to

coordinate global actions

• Develop clear accountabilities.
• Strengthen and promote leadership
• Strengthen knowledge of policy and program

synergies.