Lucy Westerman (@lewest) is taking the helm, as Australian momentum to #ActOnNCDs and #LeadOnNCDs builds ahead of the 4th #UNHLM on #NCDs and #MentalHealth in September 2025

.@IndigenousNCDs is calling for acknowledgement of Indigenous Peoples in the Poltical Declaration of the 4th UN High Level Meeting on #NCDs and #Mental Health. Download the call to aciton here: indigenousncds.org/uploads/1… #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs #UNHLM #HLM4

The world's 370 Million Indigenous People have leadership, strengths and wisdom to bring to global and national efforts to reduce the preventable and inequitable burden of #NCDs on morbidity and mortality. indigenousncds.org #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs #UNHLM

Prof Bruce Neal @georgeinstitute summarises some key themes from “Leading & Leading - Australia’s role in accelerating action on NCDs” - collaboration, equity, voice, commitment, investment, hope, energy and ambition. Time to #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Full room at Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra for an important and inspiring conversation about learning, leadership, and whole of government, cross sectoral collaboration to accelerate progress on improving health and wellbeing #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Sonia McCarthy @DFAT: when we talk about integration, we shouldn’t only talk about btwn disease siloes; We must also pay more attention to integrating with other sectors that may not see health as relevant to their area but they are key to improving health. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Jordie Kilby highlights increasing attention @WorldBank is paying to helping countries address #NCDs through health system strengthening & primary care. Currently building regional partnerships incl. w @DFAT to take multi-country approach to tackling NCDs. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Joanna Munro @hw_queensland reflects on the positive impact of partnerships to strengthen prevention in Queensland’s health system, effectively delivering tailored behaviour change programmes to prevent & reduce progression of #NCDs like type 2 diabetes. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Keziah Bennett-Brooke @georgeinstitute emphasises the role of cultural determinants of health, the need for reciprocity & shared learning, to shift power & decolonise global health, and recognise that how we define #health is not the same for all people. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Dr Sonia McCathy, @dfat reflects on opportunities for Australia to both support other countries to #ActOnNCDs drawing on our experiences, and also to learn from other countries, and the importance of collaborating with civil society to drive change together. #LeadOnNCDs

Raglan Maddox, ANU shares how the Tackling Indigenous Smoking initiative is a great example of how health solutions start in communities. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Fantastic panel sharing insights from Australian examples of #NCDs & #MentalHealth leadership to #ActOnNCDs and #LeadOnNCDs

Hayley Jones, Director of McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer expresses thanks to the many people who have joined us, including ministers & advisors, a demonstration of the shared commitment the accelerating progress on improving health through action on NCDs. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Dr Cary Adams @uicc: #HLM Political Declaration is important tool. It can’t afford to be weakened by vested interests. It needs to retain key elements under pressure: recognition of Breast cancer, Targets, Commercial Determinants of Health, & health Taxes. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Cary Adams @uicc: The 4th #UN High Level Meeting on #NCDs in 2025 is probably more important than ever before. This #UNHLM *must* raise the debate on NCDs to a different level. We get out as much as we put in. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Cary Adams, CEO @uicc draws attention the crisis in #GlobalHealth palpable in Geneva as @WHO & other health organisations navigate drastic resourcing reduction challenges, with ramifications for workforce, programs, health systems #NCDs & #MentalHealth. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Prof Anushka Patel @georgeinstitute draws attention the the high human & economic costs of NCDs & mental health in Australia & across the world & draws on initiatives to reduce hypertension as an example of why prevention provides big opportunities to #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Aunty Violet welcomes attendees to ngunnawal country & receives a round of applause for being smoke free for more than 30 years. Inspiring to hear of her thriving family, her call to unite & never give up approach to life. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs