Ummay Farihin Sultana

The United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) is a multilateral platform convened by the UN General Assembly to engage 193 Member States at the highest political level.

In the 20th century, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) emerged to take control of the epidemiological landscape as a result of successive industrial revolutions and the ageing of the world’s population.

Every morning, when the convoluted ray of sun mildly reaches my heart, I (52) reminiscence the fine days of my life.

The matters of grave concern in health are not the epidemic, flues or parasites that reign over the news and take most of the government’s effort, rather they are the everyday diseases that people can address yet fail to take action.