Extracts below. Full text here https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r2033
'Unexpected US intervention has led to a declaration to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs) failing to be approved at the United Nations.
'During the fourth high level meeting on NCDs and mental health at the UN General Assembly in New York on 25 September, dozens of statements were read by member state representatives supporting the declaration.
'But as the US health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy spoke he said the US rejected it. He claimed that the UN had exceeded its role, by going, for example, too far in recommending taxes on unhealthy products. He also criticised it for its stance on gender ideology and abortion, even though the declaration does not mention either....'
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org