Annual meeting of the Friends of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention
and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases.
The side-event will review the work of the Task Force and its partners, including:
1. Action that needs to be taken to meet NCDs- and mental health -related Sustainable Development
Goals
2. Launch the new Task Force Strategy, 2022-2025
3. Promote the recently established UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund to catalyze country action for NCDs and
mental health (Health4Life Fund) and highlight
ongoing initiatives of Task Force members
4. Announce winners of the 2022 Task Force and the WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Awards
Event organizers: Uruguay and the World Health Organization
Co-sponsors: Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
