{"id":15972,"date":"2023-09-30T15:10:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T13:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/?post_type=news&p=15972"},"modified":"2023-10-03T16:01:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:01:23","slug":"calling-attention-to-the-burden-of-ncds-in-children-at-unga78","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/calling-attention-to-the-burden-of-ncds-in-children-at-unga78\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling attention to the burden of NCDs in children at UNGA78"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a statement made at the Pan American Health Organization during<\/em>\u00a0the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations<\/a>\u00a0in New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

Honorable Chair, Distinguished Delegates,<\/p>\n

On behalf of the American Heart Association, the InterAmerican Heart Foundation, the Interamerican Society of Cardiology, the Coalition for Americas’ Health and the World Heart Federation, we applaud the Pan American Health Organization for calling attention to the burden of noncommunicable diseases in children, including those with congenital and rheumatic heart disease. Every day, a family in our region loses a child to pediatric conditions that could have been prevented if health care had been accessible, available, and affordable, with an equipped and capable workforce.<\/p>\n

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As organizations committed to addressing the burden of cardiovascular diseases and its related risk factors affecting our young people, we know we can and must do better to ensure the next generation receives the lifesaving information and environments that will enable them to live a healthier, longer life.<\/p>\n

We respectfully request that the adoption of this new policy that seeks to align with the 2030 Agenda and the Global Action Plan on Noncommunicable Diseases considers:<\/p>\n