en Health Health Original Research Original Research <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Background: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">Controlling and preventing non-communicable diseases and their risk factors through multisector collaboration and participation of other stakeholders requires structures that provide the necessary basis for sustainable interaction between stakeholders with legal support. The purpose of this study is to express the experience of the Islamic Republic of Iran in advancing the goals of the National Plan on Control and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) through Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach and multisector collaboration.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Methods:</b> In this qualitative study, all documents related to the control and prevention of non-communicable diseases in the Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Health and Food Security(SCHFS) in the period 2013-2020 were reviewed. Data were thematically analyzed with the qualitative content analysis method; coding has done manually.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Results:</b> Multisector work group, which is one of&nbsp; work groups in the National&nbsp; Committee for control and prevention of NCD, applies its effect through&nbsp; SCHFS that proposed a four-level policy formulation and decision-making units for multisector collaboration based on political and administrative structure and HiAP approach at the national and provincial level. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and health secretariats are used as tools for a multisector approach in non-communicable disease management.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Conclusion:</b> To draw up an appropriate structure for multisector collaboration for health, it is necessary to have a whole government-policy approach, through which all relevant organizations are appointed to engage and work together in a coherent framework since a sustainable framework based on shared trust and understanding for multisector decision-making and health action is a prerequisite for achieving health goals in NCD management.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Policy Making, Multisector Collaboration, Noncommunicable Diseases, Iran 1351 1356 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-7242-13&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Narges Rostamigooran n.rostami@behdasht.gov.ir 200319475328460075803 200319475328460075803 Yes Secretariat of Supreme Council of Health and Food Security, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Shiva Mafimoradi mafimoradi@gmail.com 200319475328460075804 200319475328460075804 No Secretariat of Supreme Council of Health and Food Security, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Hamideh Javadinasab hjavadi43@gmail.com 200319475328460075805 200319475328460075805 No Secretariat of Supreme Council of Health and Food Security, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Abbas Vosoogh-Moghaddam a.vosoogh@gmail.com 200319475328460075806 200319475328460075806 No Secretariat of Supreme Council of Health and Food Security, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, & NCD Research Center, Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran Sheida Malekafzali malekafzali_sh@yahoo.com 200319475328460075807 200319475328460075807 No Secretariat of Supreme Council of Health and Food Security, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Sima Amirhoseiny sima.amirhoseiny@gmail.com 200319475328460075808 200319475328460075808 No Secretariat of Supreme Council of Health and Food Security, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Ali Delpisheh alidelpisheh@yahoo.com 200319475328460075809 200319475328460075809 No Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health & Safety and Safety Promotion & Injury Prevention Re-search Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran