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This briefing note provides an overview of the NCD Alliance’s advocacy priorities and key messages for the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) 75th session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas (RCM75) to be held in Washington, D.C., USA on 25-29 September 2023.

The NCD community welcomes the opportunity to review strategies and progress reports at PAHO RCM75 and commends PAHO Member States for their commitment to NCD prevention and control. As NCDs continue to be the leading causes of ill health, disability, and death in the Region of the Americas, knowledge sharing and exchange on best practice is vital to achieving both regional and global commitments on NCDs.

Overall, we strongly recommend that PAHO Member States use this RCM to strengthen the proposed strategies and commit to ambitious targets. We are now just two years away from the next UN HLM on NCDs, and need concerted action at all levels, if global NCD targets are to be met by 2025 and 2030. We call on Heads of State and Government in the region to engage at the UN HLM on UHC this month and act to meet the needs of people living with NCDs in their UHC benefits packages.