Mike Davies OBE to speak at Cambridge Post-UN Summit on NCDs and Mental Health in developing countries

The Humanitarian Centre, in partnership with the Centre for Science and Policy and the Cambridge Institute for Public Health are holding The Cambridge Post-UN Summit Conference on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health in Developing Countries. Mike Davies OBE (Head of Programme Development, CBM UK) will be one of a wealth of key speakers at The Cambridge Post-UN Summit Conference on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health in Developing Countries.

The 2011 UN Summit on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) was a tremendous opportunity to bring the world's attention to the global burden of death, disability and poverty caused by noncommunicable diseases.

How can the UK appropriately and sustainably contribute to the prevention and treatment of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Disorders in the developing world?

The Cambridge Post-UN Summit Conference seeks to capitalise on the momentum and energy the Summit created around noncommunicable diseases, and put forth appropriate agendas for further UK research, action and policy on noncommunicable diseases and mental health in the developing world.

The outcomes from Conference will be translated into key messages and brought to the attention of MPs, Parliamentarians, civil servants, and other policy-makers, researchers, activists and practitioners, at a reception in the House of Commons (Jubilee Room) at the end of January 2012.

Conference sessions will include:

• Critical reviews of the outcomes of the UN Summit on Noncommunicable Diseases
• Short- and long-term strategies for addressing gaps in prevention, treatment, policy and 'public awareness' on noncommunicable diseases and mental health (NMH) in developing countries
• Highlights from a growing number of successful 'linking' and 'capacity-building' programmes, which assist individuals and organisation in the developing world to strengthen their own sustainable NMH research, treatment and care programmes.
• Different models of partnership to advance best practices and policies on NMH research, interventions, treatment and care - including multidisciplinary, multisectoral and multinational partnerships.

Attendance strictly by Registration