WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the winners of the 2020 UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (UNIATF) awards at the « Friends of the Task Force » UN General Assembly side event on 24 September 2020.
UNIATF annual awards recognize outstanding contributions towards the NCD-related Sustainable development Goals.
2020 Award Winners
Outstanding Ministries of Health (or government agency under a ministry of health)
The NCD Division of the Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria
Health Directorate, St. Helena
Secretariat of Health, Mexico
Ministry of Health, Armenia
Ministry of Health, Russia
Department of Health and Social Care, United Kingdom
Department of Health and Family Welfare Kerala, India
Outstanding Ministries (or government agency) beyond Health
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Outstanding Non-state actors (non-governmental organization, academia or philanthropy
BADEC-Caritas Ngozi, Burundi
NCD Alliance, Ghana
InterAmerican Heart Foundation, Argentina
Mouth and Throat Cancer Association, Brazil
Vital Strategies (through its initiative Resolve to Save Lives), USA
McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, Australia
Japan Heart, Japan
