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First Lady Esther Lungu at the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday, September 25,2015 -Picture by Thomas Nsama
The First Lady Esther Lungu appealed to global leaders to emphasize the importance of women’s health in her speech at the Taskforce on Women and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Mrs. Lungu who is one of the speakers at the event urged global leaders to realize that when women are helped to lead healthy lives, it is the society that gets uplifted.
She has also urge the reduction of health inequities by addressing NCDs for women in lower and middle income countries.
Mrs. Lungu has observed the urgent need to do so especially in the wake of the world beginning to implement the United Nations’ new Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs).
Meanwhile Global health leaders on Friday yesterday declared in New York that United Nations’ new Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) must enable the prevention, control and management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for women and girls to reach their full potential.
At an event organized by the Taskforce on Women and Non-Communicable Diseases (The Taskforce) and the American Heart Association (AHA), experts will discuss practical and cost-effective ways to integrate NCDs into existing health systems and programs.
The Taskforce will issue three calls to action, urging countries to improve access to NCD treatment and care, Strengthen health systems and Initiate and sustain women-centered NCD prevention programs and policies.
This is according to a statement made available to Qfm News.
First Lady Esther Lungu and Gregory Henderson (second from left) listens to Ministry of Health’s Dr kennedy Lishimpi (l) during the panel of discussion under the them ” Women and the new sustainable Development goals – why non communicable diseases matter.” This was organized by the American Heart Association and the Task Force on Women and non communicable diseases on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday, September 25, 2015 -Picture by Thomas Nsama