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Meet the Targets Final Report Encouraging Countrylevel Ac:on to Make Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases a Global Priority 1

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Meet  the  Targets  Final  Report  Encouraging  Country-­‐level  Ac:on  to  Make  Cancer  and  Other  Chronic  Diseases  a  Global  Priority  

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“We’re  faced  with  a  tsunami  of  NCDs  in  the  21st  century.  Not  maybe.  It’s  coming.  If  we  could  predict  the  next  real  tsunami,  would  it  not  be  a  moral  impera:ve  to  warn  people  and  to  take  ac:on?”    

John  R.  Seffrin,  PhD,  CEO,  American  Cancer  Society  

Partnership  Goal  The  American  Cancer  Society  is  commiTed  to  partnering  with  key  internal  and  external  stakeholders  to  prevent  cancer,  save  lives,  diminish  suffering,  and  mobilize  a  global  network  to  fight  cancer  through:  

•  advocacy,    •  capacity  building,    •  informa:on-­‐sharing  and    •  resource  mobiliza:on.      

Our  partners  program  extends  the  Society’s  organiza:onal  assets  and  leverages  the  assets  of  our  collabora:ng  partners  at  the  global  level  and  in  our  regional  focus  countries  within  La:n  America,  Sub-­‐Saharan  Africa  and  India.      

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ACS  “Meet  the  Targets”  program  •  Launched  in  2012  to  support  na:onal  advocacy  

efforts  in  Brazil,  the  Caribbean,  Ethiopia,  India,  Jordan,  Kenya,  Mexico,  Philippines  and  Uganda.  

•  Provided  $380,000  to  10  organiza:ons  over  two  years.    

•  Ended  in  2014.    

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Goals  of  Meet  the  Targets  •  To  ensure  na:onal  implementa:on  of  pledges  

made  at  2011  High-­‐Level  Mee:ng.  •  To  hold  decision-­‐makers  accountable  to  global  

NCD  targets  established  in  2012.  •  To  mobilize  na:onal  civil  society  networks  to  

work  together  to  ensure  NCDs  are  priority  of  UN’s  post-­‐2015  sustainability  development  goals.  

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Criteria  •  Project:  Advocacy  objec:ves  are  specific  and  

measurable  (30%)  •  Impact:  Project  has  poten:al  to  impact  public  policy  

(20%)  •  Organiza:on  and  personnel:  Demonstrates  the  

capacity,  experience  and  resources  to  do  the  project  (15%)  

•  Collabora:on:  Project  involves  the  forma:on  of  networks  and  collabora:ons  (20%)  

•  Mobiliza:on:  The  project  employs  a  mul:-­‐sector  approach  (15%)  

Evidence  of  success  Meet  the  Targets:  •  Helped  foster  real  policy  change  –  implementa:on  of  tough,  an:-­‐tobacco  measure  in  Brazil  and  passage  of  new  tax  on  sugary  drinks  in  Mexico  

•  Prodded  government  to  provide  breast  cancer  training  on  na:onal  basis  for  first  :me  in  Philippines  

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More  evidence  of  success  Meet  the  Targets:  •  Elevated  poli:cal  prominence  of          NCDs  in  health  priori:es  in          several  countries  (Ethiopia,  India)  •  Provided  resources  to  develop  policies,  plans  and  frameworks  for  preven:on  and  control  of  NCDs  and  pallia:ve  care.  (Uganda,  Mexico)  

•  Religious  groups  and  schools  reached  via  social  mobiliza:on  efforts  that  raised  awareness  around  HIV  and  NCDs  messaging  (Kenya)  

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Next  Steps  •  Assessing  scale-­‐up  opportuni:es  and  inves:ng  in  

targeted  projects  in  priority  regions  in  2015  (Youth  Leadership,  Global  Relay,  etc)  

•  Sharing  these  unique  stories/role  of  civil  society:  Social  Media,  global  policy  networks  (global.cancer.org,  grantees  and  partners)  

•  Connec:ng  with  Global/USG  NCD  Advocacy  Opportuni:es  (World  Cancer  Declara:on,  NCD  Alliance,  Post-­‐2015  Development  Campaigns)  

NCD  Alliance  Post-­‐2015  Development  Agenda  and  Advocacy  

Our  priori>es  for  the  NCD  target:  •  Set  of  nine  global  NCD  targets    that  focus  on  reducing  the  NCD  burden  by  

2025  

Post  2015  Development  Advocacy  •  Universal  Health  Coverage  and  NCD  recogni:on  

•  Direct  outreach  to  Member  States  

•  Bilateral  outreach  to  NGOs  and  toolkits