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Announcements
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Appointment of President Robert Mugabe as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for NCDs in Africa - statement
Announcements | 20th October 2017
More than 20 NCD CSOs at the WHO Global Conference on NCDs in Montevideo express concerns on the appointment of President Robert Mugabe as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for NCDs in Africa.
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Global Coalition for Circulatory Health launched
Announcements | 20th October 2017
The Global Coalition for Circulatory Health was launched this week to accelerate urgent action on cardiovascular disease, and in preparation for the third UN HLM on NCDs in 2018.
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Governments commit to reduce suffering and deaths from NCDs
Announcements | 19th October 2017
Heads of State and Government and ministers from around the world have committed to new and bold action to reduce suffering and death from the world's leading killers, NCDs.
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NCDA submits comments on WHO's draft programme 2019-2023
Announcements | 17th October 2017
NCDA has provided feedback on the draft concept note of the WHO 13th General Programme of Work, which will guide the organization’s work in 2019-2023.
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WHO establishes high-level commission on NCDs
Announcements | 11th October 2017
The WHO has announced it is setting up a high-level commission to identify innovative ways to cut
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Number of children living with obesity worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades
Announcements | 11th October 2017
If post-2000 trends continue, global levels of child and adolescent obesity will surpass those for moderately and severely underweight youth from the same age group by 2022, says a new WHO report.
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May Measurement Month: Screening and Awareness Raising in Zambia
Announcements | 06th October 2017
In May 2017, the Zambia NCD Alliance joined the Zambia Heart and Stroke Foundation and other organisations to conduct a national cross-sectional blood pressure (BP) survey of adults aged 18 years and above.
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Making the case for tobacco control and fiscal measures in Ghana
Announcements | 06th October 2017
VALD, a member of the Ghana Non Communicable Diseases Alliance, in June 2017 convened a high-level round table meeting to draw a link between tobacco and development and make tobacco control a national development priority.