As world leaders converge in New York this September, health will take centre stage.
The Centre for Health and Healthcare is curating sessions during the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings (Sept 22–26, 2025), addressing women’s health, climate impacts, mental wellbeing, nutrition, equity and digital health.
On September 25, leaders at the UN General Assembly will hold the Fourth High-level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs), aiming to adopt a bold new Political Declaration to step up action on heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and mental health disorders, the world’s leading killers.
The urgency is clear; the world remains far off track to meet the 2030 goal of reducing premature NCD deaths by one-third.
WHO reports show over one billion people are living with a mental health condition, costing the global economy $1 trillion a year, yet countries spend a median of just 2% of health budgets on mental health.
The declaration is expected to push for whole-of-government and whole-of-society action, from stronger health systems and sustainable financing to tackling the social and environmental drivers of disease.
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