Table 1.
SECTOR | No. of meetings reviewed, 2008–2018 | Regional plans | Docs referencing NCD* | Reference to multi-sectoral response? | Main driver of diet-related NCD | Commitment to resource NCD response? | |
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No. | % | ||||||
Leaders | 10 Heads of State | N/A | 7 | 70 | Y | Imported unhealthy food; food insecurity | Y – but no target |
Finance | 9 Ministerial | N/A | 5 | 55 | Y | Imported unhealthy food | Y – but no target |
Foreign Affairs | 3 Ministerial | N/A | 0 | N/A | No reference | N | |
Trade | 7 Ministerial | N/A | 1 | 14 | Y (trade and health only) | No reference | N |
Health | 5 Ministerial | N/A | 11 | 100 | Y | Imported unhealthy food | N |
6 Head of Sector | |||||||
Agriculture | 4 Ministerial | N/A | 3 | 75 | Y | Imported unhealthy food; decline in local production; poor quality standards | N |
Education | 4 Ministerial | 1 † | 1 | 11 | N/A | No reference | N/A |
5 Head of Sector | |||||||
Ad Hoc Meetings | |||||||
Food Secure Pacific | 2010 | 1 ‡ | 1 | 100 | Y | Food insecurity | N |
SIDS conference | 2014 | N/A | 1 | 100 | Y | No reference | N |
Joint Health-Finance | 2014 | 1 § | 1 | 100 | Y | Imported unhealthy food | N |
Pacific NCD Summit | 2016 | N/A | 1 | 100 | Y | Food environment: trade, agricultural production | Y – supported establishment of funding mechanism |
SIDS: Small Island Developing States; N/A: Not applicable; Y: Yes; N: No.
Meetings that issued both a communiqué and meeting report were counted as a single reference.
Pacific Regional Education Framework 2018-2030.
Food Secure Pacific Plan 2010.
Pacific NCD Road Map 2014