Noticias

CSocD55 focuses on strategies for eradicating poverty

Announcements | 1 de febrero de 2017

The 55th session of the Commission for Social Development opened today at UN Headquarters in New York. CSocD55 will focus on strategies for eradicating poverty to achieve sustainable development for all.
Join 'Support through Sport" campaign on World Cancer Day

World Days | 31 de enero de 2017

This year, World Cancer Day is highlighting physical activity in the fight against cancer through the Support through Sport initiative.
Right to health: an inalienable right or a faraway dream for Europeans with disabilities?

Announcements | 26 de enero de 2017

Citizens with disabilities continue experiencing inequalities in enjoying their right to health both home and abroad, according to research findings presented this week at the European Parliament.
Support to the Barbados tax on sugary drinks

Announcements | 25 de enero de 2017

Public health advocates convened recently in Barbados, agreed on the need to work together to protect the tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in place since September 2015 in the country.
NCD Alliance welcomes new initiative to address the barriers of access on NCDs

Announcements | 18 de enero de 2017

The NCD Alliance welcomes major announcement by a coalition of biopharmaceutical companies to address the barriers of access on NCDs in low- and lower-middle income countries.
Sectors converge to change the future of cancer in urban populations

Press Releases | 17 de enero de 2017

A new initiative ‘C/Can 2025: City Cancer Challenge’ (C/Can 2025) was today launched at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos signalling a paradigm shift in the way international organisations will help country and city leaders address the growing burden of cancer they are facing.
New report: Civil Society Led Tobacco Control Advocacy in the Caribbean - experiences of the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control

Announcements | 10 de enero de 2017

The Healthy Caribbean Coalition has released a new report on civil society tobacco control advocacy highlighting the measurable successes of the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control.
Current controls on alcohol marketing are not protecting youth, warn public health experts

Announcements | 10 de enero de 2017

Youth are exposed to extensive alcohol marketing, associated with increased drinking. New evidence reinforces the call to governments to strengthen alcohol marketing regulations to protech young people from alcohol marketing.