Time to deliver: report of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs

Nishtar, Sania; Niinistö, Sauli; Sirisena, Maithripala; Vázquez, Tabaré Ramón; Skvortsova, Veronika; Rubinstein, Adolfo; Mogae, Festus; Mattila, Pirkko; Hashemi, Hassan; Kariuki, Sicily K; Robles, José Narro; Adewole, I F; Sarr, Adboulaye Diouf; Gan, Kim Yong; Piukala, Saia; Owais, Abdul Rahman Bin Mohammed Al; Hargan, Eric; Alleyne, George A.O.; Alwan, Ala; Bernaert, Arnaud; Bloomberg, Michael R.; Dain, Katie; Frieden, Thomas R.; Patel, Vikram; Kennedy, Annette; Kickbusch, Ilona

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“…"… all activities be framed within existing principles, including human rights-and equity-based approaches …" 33 Finally, as noted above, the 2018 United Nations General Assembly Political Declaration on NCDs also reaffirmed the right to health in the response to NCDs. 11 Participation of affected communities is a central principle of human rights-based approaches to development.…”

Section: Level Commission On Noncommunicable Diseases Recommended Thatmentioning

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“…Their findings should be regularly and publicly reported by States.” The terms of reference of the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NCDs also affirm the right to health as a human right . In 2018, the WHO Independent High‐Level Commission on Noncommunicable Diseases recommended that “… all activities be framed within existing principles, including human rights‐ and equity‐based approaches …” Finally, as noted above, the 2018 United Nations General Assembly Political Declaration on NCDs also reaffirmed the right to health in the response to NCDs…”

Section: Conceptual Model For a Rights–based Response To Obesitymentioning

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“…These investments, and their revenues, may also create conflicts of interest for States, including conflicts between health, finance, and agriculture ministries. High‐level political leadership, and strong government engagement, combined with appropriate governance mechanisms to ensure effective communication channels within government, are all needed to effectively regulate these industries for the common good …”

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“…High-level political leadership, and strong government engagement, combined with appropriate governance mechanisms to ensure effective communication channels within government, are all needed to effectively regulate these industries for the common good. 32,33…”

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Identifying a human rights–based approach to obesity for States and civil society

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Summary Obesity and its comorbidities pose daunting challenges to global health and development in the 21st century. This paper reviews some commonalities between obesity and another global health challenge, the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). International human rights law was an important catalyst for civil society movements that helped to overcome inertia and generate political will for State action in response to HIV and AIDS. Drawing on the HIV experience, the authors propose a conceptual model for a human rights–based response to obesity founded on the twin pillars of State obligations and civil society engagement. Framing States' obligations to address the global obesity pandemic as a matter of international law, informed by the examples of the United Nations “International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights” and the General Comments of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies on HIV and AIDS, provides a normative framework to guide State actions and opportunities to engage the extensive accountability mechanisms of the United Nations international human rights system. In addition, it provides civil society organizations with the language and tools to demand State action on obesity. The authors call for similar authoritative guidance for States on the application of international human rights law to obesity.

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“…Non‐communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for 71% of all global deaths each year and so demand urgent action . The NCDs include cardiovascular diseases (CVD), diabetes, chronic lung disease and some forms of cancer.…”

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The inheritance of cardiovascular disease risk

Hanson

2019

Acta Paediatrica

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is foremost among the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which account for 71% of deaths globally each year. CVD is also prominent among the pre-existing conditions still accounting for nearly 25% of maternal deaths and is linked to gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia. Markers of CVD risk have been reported even in young children, related to prenatal factors such as mother's diet or body composition. The underlying mechanisms include epigenetic changes which can alter the trajectory of risk across the life course. Preventive interventions need to commence before conception, to reduce transmission of CVD risk by promoting healthy behaviours in prospective parents, as well as in pregnancy, and postpartum through breastfeeding and healthy complementary feeding. Surprisingly, these opportunities are not emphasised in the 2018 United Nations Political Declaration on NCDs. NCDs such as CVD have communicable risk components transmitted across generations by socio-economic as well as biological factors, although the former can also become embodied in the offspring by epigenetic mechanisms. The inheritance of CVD risk, and social inequalities in such risk, thus raises wider questions about responsibility for the health of future generations at societal as well as individual levels. Key notesCardiovascular disease (CVD) is foremost among the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which account for 71% of deaths globally each year. CVD has communicable risk components transmitted across generations by socio-economic as well as biological factors, which can also become embodied in the offspring by epigenetic mechanisms. The inheritance of CVD risk raises questions about responsibility for the health of future generations at societal as well as individual levels.

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Eating and Drinking in Southern Africa

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Fisher

2020

Handbook of Eating and Drinking

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Time to deliver: report of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs

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Identifying a human rights–based approach to obesity for States and civil society

Identifying a human rights–based approach to obesity for States and civil society

The inheritance of cardiovascular disease risk

Eating and Drinking in Southern Africa

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