Strengthening United Nations country support on non-communicable diseases and mental health: an analysis of United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks.

ABSTRACT: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions are among the major development challenges of the 21st century. Their impact across the 2030 Agenda calls for a coordinated United Nations (UN) response. UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCFs) facilitate UN joint action by serving as strategic planning tools co-designed by the UN country team and government. This paper describes how NCDs and mental health are included in these frameworks by reviewing UNSDCF documents using a key term search and categorising the extracted content by intervention area. The results show that compared to the 2012-2015 period, when 34% of UNSDCFs included NCDs, there has been progress in their prioritisation. Of the 114 UNSDCFs launched between 2020 and 2024, 69% included NCDs an

SUBMITTER: Chiossi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12835282 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature