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Feb 24 2026
February 24, 2026

Global Coalition for Circulatory Health Webinar: Translating the 2025 UN political declaration commitments into action for circulatory health

  • 3 PM CET

The 2025 UN HLM Political Declaration renews global commitment to cut premature NCD deaths through prevention, early detection, and integrated, people-centred care. With circulatory conditions—CVD, diabetes, kidney disease—driving most of the 43 million annual NCD deaths, translating commitments into national action is vital. This webinar explores government obligations, expected impacts, indicators, and needed health-system changes, highlighting integrated primary care and the unified agenda of the GCCH partners. 

Learning objectives:

  • Unpack the UN political declaration: Highlight key provisions on cardiovascular, diabetes, and kidney health, and identify gaps, challenges, and opportunities. 
  • Explore implementation: Clarify implications for national action, including KPIs, policy shifts, and accountability mechanisms. 
  • Understand implications for people: Outline expected benefits for people with lived experience, focusing on timely, affordable, continuous primary care. 

Agenda:

Welcome & opening remarks
  • Bente Mikkelsen, Chair, World Heart Federation Advocacy Committee
  • Marcello Tonelli, President, International Society of Nephrology – GCCH Representative
Circulatory Health Insights: Commitments, gaps & opportunities.
Why the UN political declaration matters?
  • Marcello Tonelli, President, International Society of Nephrology
  • Peter Schwarz, President, International Diabetes Federation
  • Jagat Narula, President, World Heart Federation
Government perspectives.
Translating commitments into national action
  • Jerome X. Walcott, Senator, Minister of Health and Wellness of Barbados
  • Stephen M. Mutiso, Lead, Renal Program, Ministry of Health, Kenya
Unpacking the political declaration.
What it includes and what needs to happen to implement it and improve
circulatory health at national and local levels
  • Nick Banatvala, Head of Secretariat, UN Inter-Agency Task Force on NCDs
  • Kim Yu, WHO Liaison, World Organization of Family Doctors
  • Daniela Espindula Mothci, COE, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations
  • Howard Catton, COE, International Council of Nurses
Q&A / Open discussion
Closing remarks
  • Bente Mikkelsen, Chair of the World Heart Federation Advocacy Committee

Moderator

  Bente Mikkelsen, WHF

Speakers:

Jerome X. Walcott, MoH Barbados

Stephen M. Mutiso, MoH Kenya

Nick Banatvala, UNIATF

Marcello Tonelli, ISN

Peter Schwarz, IDF

Jagat Narula, WHF

Kim Yu, WONCA

Daniela Espindula Mothci, IAPO

Howard Catton, ICN

Tuesday, February 24 2026 - 3 PM CET