UNDP Releases New Report: Realizing the Return—Insights from a Decade of Investment Cases on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health

UNDP Releases New Report: Realizing the Return—Insights from a Decade of Investment Cases on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health 

At a time of renewed global political attention to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), mental health and well-being, this report reviews a decade of experience with national investment cases developed in more than 60 countries since 2015. Aimed at governments and development partners, the report demonstrates how health investments contribute to sustainable development, support priority-setting under fiscal constraints and uncertainty, and sets out a strategic framework for translating NCD and mental health commitments into effective delivery. 

Developed through the Health4Life Fund’s South–South Learning Lab for Knowledge Sharing and Innovation, the report highlights how South–South cooperation facilitates peer learning, collective problem-solving, and resource mobilization to scale evidence-based solutions and advance NCD and mental health priorities in the Global South.  

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