Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network
Spotlight: Manifesto on NCDs
Dear all --
Just now, putting the spotlight on the Manifesto on NCDs drafted by over thirty of our own YP-CDN members in three rounds of open-consultation.
The Manifesto details our recommendations to UN stakeholders and is available here: http://bit.ly/eWUjn9
We identify key proximal, upstream behavioral and environmental risks upstream are amenable to public policy, community-based, and private sector– and we must actively and sensibly engage these sectors. At the same time, critical distal risks (e.g., biochemical risks) linger that are amenable to medication, and we must ensure equitable access for all that need these through increased commitments to global access to essential drugs and diagnostics. Finally, awareness is the key that unlocks the effectiveness of proximal and distal interventions -- individuals and communities have a role in challenging and changing the status quo on their health. Youth and young professionals provide a key bridge and mobilizing force to do just this.
In specific, we recommend your government:
1.) Reframe NCDs as a barrier to development
2.) Focus on social determinants of health as the foundation for NCD action
3.) Assert the rights of the child and care across the lifespan
4.) Encourage interdisciplinary education of the public health workforce
5.) Enable global access to essential drugs and health technologies
6.) Adopt innovative funding mechanisms and financing for NCD prevention and control
7.) Develop a common, community-led vision for equitable global development.
We also pledge to commit to specific actions for each of the above 7 recommendations.
This is a statement that demonstrates our generation’s sincerity, energy, and a growing global consciousness of NCDs as severe issues that must be tackled. This new energy and dynamism that young people bring to the table is crucial.
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The YP-CDN was formed in 2009 and has fast expanded from a small group of 12 public health and medical students and professionals to a network of 230 individuals in public health and other fields related to NCDs (architecture, urban planning, food systems) from 118 different organizations in 30 countries (www.ypchronic.org). Our manifesto is not the final product of young professionals’ work to tackle NCDs globally -- it is just the start. In tandem with the Manifesto, we are launching a campaign (“NCD Action”) to engage global youth in the NCD debate.
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Spotlight: Manifesto on NCDs (download, 469.0 KB) Summary: Dear all --
Just now, putting the spotlight on the Manifesto on NCDs drafted by over thirty of our own YP-CDN members in three rounds of open-consultation.
The Manifesto details our recommendations to UN stakeholders and is available here: http://bit.ly/eWUjn9
We identify key proximal, upstream behavioral and environmental risks upstream are amenable to public policy, community-based, and private sector– and we must actively and sensibly engage these sectors. At the same time, critical distal risks (e.g., biochemical risks) linger that are amenable to medication, and we must ensure equitable access for all that need these through increased commitments to global access to essential drugs and diagnostics. Finally, awareness is the key that unlocks the effectiveness of proximal and distal interventions -- individuals and communities have a role in challenging and changing the status quo on their health. Youth and young professionals provide a key bridge and mobilizing force to do just this.
In specific, we recommend your government:
1.) Reframe NCDs as a barrier to development
2.) Focus on social determinants of health as the foundation for NCD action
3.) Assert the rights of the child and care across the lifespan
4.) Encourage interdisciplinary education of the public health workforce
5.) Enable global access to essential drugs and health technologies
6.) Adopt innovative funding mechanisms and financing for NCD prevention and control
7.) Develop a common, community-led vision for equitable global development.
We also pledge to commit to specific actions for each of the above 7 recommendations.
This is a statement that demonstrates our generation’s sincerity, energy, and a growing global consciousness of NCDs as severe issues that must be tackled. This new energy and dynamism that young people bring to the table is crucial.
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The YP-CDN was formed in 2009 and has fast expanded from a small group of 12 public health and medical students and professionals to a network of 230 individuals in public health and other fields related to NCDs (architecture, urban planning, food systems) from 118 different organizations in 30 countries (www.ypchronic.org). Our manifesto is not the final product of young professionals’ work to tackle NCDs globally -- it is just the start. In tandem with the Manifesto, we are launching a campaign (“NCD Action”) to engage global youth in the NCD debate.Source: Weill Cornell Medical College
Publication Date: April 18, 2011
Language: English
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