{"id":198426,"date":"2025-12-18T14:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/198426\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:23:17","slug":"unga-adopted-a-global-declaration-on-non-communicable-diseases-and-mental-health-current-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/198426\/","title":{"rendered":"UNGA adopted a global declaration on non-communicable diseases and mental health | Current Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">This is the first-ever political declaration to jointly address Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and mental health, adopted at the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), with specific targets for 2030 (refer infographic).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:918\/1012;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ak6FaACEZTYvGQSJ5cW3d7cYpTgndSKAQlw4WTcx.jpg\" width=\"918\" height=\"1012\"\/>About the DeclarationExpanded Scope: New NCDs areas included like oral health, lung health, childhood cancer, etc.New Determinants Covered: Air pollution, clean cooking, lead exposure &amp; hazardous chemicals.Digital Health Risks:\u00a0included for the first time, like harm from social media, excessive screen time, misinformation &amp; disinformation.Stronger regulation:\u00a0For tobacco,\u00a0unhealthy foods, trans fats &amp; e-cigarettes.Whole-of-government &amp; whole-of-society approach: includes engagement of civil society, youth, persons with disabilities, private sector.Clear accountability: With the UN Secretary-General reporting on targets &amp; WHO support.Significance of the declarationNCDs cause ~18 million premature deaths\/year.They tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors.Mental health conditions affect 1+ billion people globally.They both are driven by common, preventable risk factors: tobacco, unhealthy diets, alcohol, inactivity, air pollution.Initiatives taken in India for\u00a0NCDsAffordableMedicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT): for the treatment of cancer, cardiovascular diseases etc.Eat Right India movement\u00a0by FSSAI promotes healthy eating.Fit India Movement, 2019: to promote a physically active lifestyle and make fitness an integral part of daily life in India.Mental HealthNational Mental Health Programme (NMHP), 1982:\u00a0to ensure availability and accessibility of minimum mental healthcare for all in the foreseeable future.Other: Tele- MANAS, Manodarpan, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the first-ever political declaration to jointly address Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and mental health, adopted at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[105372,105383,105373,105370,2158,105388,3109,103,105369,105371,61,60,105387,410,411,105381,105377,105384,105382,105386,105374,105380,105368,105376,105375,105378,105379,105385,105389,105367],"class_list":{"0":"post-198426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-best-ias-coaching","9":"tag-best-prelims-test-series","10":"tag-best-upsc-coaching","11":"tag-best-upsc-website","12":"tag-current-affairs","13":"tag-current-affairs-for-upsc","14":"tag-daily-news","15":"tag-health","16":"tag-ias-preparation","17":"tag-ias-study-material","18":"tag-ie","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-mains-test-series","21":"tag-mental-health","22":"tag-mentalhealth","23":"tag-online-ias-coaching-classes","24":"tag-online-ias-preparation","25":"tag-online-test-classes-for-ias","26":"tag-prelims-mains-online-offline-classes","27":"tag-prelims-test-series","28":"tag-top-ias-institute","29":"tag-top-upsc-institute","30":"tag-upsc-coaching","31":"tag-upsc-exam","32":"tag-upsc-online-live-classes","33":"tag-upsc-prelims-preparation","34":"tag-upsc-question-bank","35":"tag-upsc-syllabus","36":"tag-upsc-toppers-answer-copy","37":"tag-vision-ias"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}