Responding to non-communicable diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

Overview

This position paper was written for governments, policy-makers, United Nations agencies and development partners that are addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).1 It describes why strong action on NCDs must be an integral part of the COVID-19 response, recovery and “building back better” and suggests steps that should be taken immediately and in the longer term. The brief was prepared by the UN Interagency Task Force on NCDs.

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• Responding to non-communicable diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: state of the evidence on COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases: a rapid review

• Responding to non-communicable diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: examples of actions being taken by selected members of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases