Lucy Westerman

The Global Week for #Action on #NCDs is ON.

Chronic conditions are the main cause of early death & illness in #Australia.

We need leaders to invest in promoting health & better care, & be accountable. Commitments are just the start; action changes lives!

#ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

💥 3750 ppl from Australia & 32 other countries have joined a petition urging the ⁦Victorian govt to keep #HealthPomotion leader #VicHealth #independent, & not ‘absorb’ it into the ⁦Dept Health.

✍️ Search #SaveVicHealth to learn why, then sign up c.org/9VZkNDXLDf

🤯 After 40 years of local & global impact improving lives, the world’s first #HealthPromotion agency #VicHealth is set to close.

💚 Help keep VicHealth Independent and Strong:

📝 Join us to #SaveVicHealth - Sign this Petition! c.org/khYddcGNL7 via @ChangeAUS

Australia showed up for #HLM4 on #NCDs & #MentalHealth.
Hayley Jones (McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer) & I penned a recap for @CroakeyNews ahead of a debrief webinar cohosted with The George Institute on 15 Oct: georgehub.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
#ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs @ncdalliance #UNGA80

Australia may be far from the @UN but #ChronicDisease & #MentalHealth are shared global challenges.
40+ orgs have backed a call to the Australian Government to act with ambition before & beyond #UNG80's #HLM4 on #NCDs in 2 weeks.
🔗georgeinstitute.org/our-impact/pol…
#ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs