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Sustainable Financing for NCDs
Announcements | 29th October 2015
How can we turn political mandates to combat the global burden of NCDs into actions that will ensure resources are available to comprehensively do so? NCD Alliance Executive Director, Katie Dain, writes for The Lancet.
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Healthy Caribbean Coalition launches civil society report on National NCD Commissions
Announcements | 29th September 2015
The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) has released the report "National NCD Commissions in the Caribbean: Towards a more Effective Multisectoral Response to NCDs". The report provides a detailed assessment and analysis of the status of CARICOM National NCD Commissions.
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Noncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor 2015 launched
Announcements | 27th September 2015
The World Health Organization's new "Noncommunicable Disease Progress Monitor 2015" was launched this week during the UN Sustainable Development Summit, in New York.
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Countries have a long way to reduce the burden of NCDs
Announcements | 24th September 2015
A new method published today in the Lancet of monitoring countries’ performance in reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases, shows that many countries have a long way to go to reduce suffering and deaths from NCD.
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Adoption of Agenda 2030: A Major Victory for NCDs
Announcements | 24th September 2015
Today is a historic moment for the non-communicable disease (NCD) community. This morning, world leaders formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the United Nations in New York. For the first time, NCDs are included as a sustainable development priority for all countries.
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#NutritionReport: The coexistence of extreme deprivation and obesity is the real malnutrition
Announcements | 15th September 2015
Nutrition can be a driver of change or a barrier to progress, and, according to the Global Nutrition Report being released on September 15 in London, there are actions leaders of every country should be taking to end malnutrition in all its forms.
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Building capacity for NCDs in the Eastern Mediterranean region
Announcements | 01st September 2015
NCD Civil Society in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is convening on 1-2 September in Cairo, Egypt, to share best practices and strengthen collaboration for NCD prevention and control at the national and regional levels.
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World Alzheimer Report 2015 launched
Announcements | 26th August 2015
Today, over 46 million people are living with dementia, and by 2050 this number will have risen to 131.5 million. In just three years’ time, the global economic cost of dementia will reach US $1 trillion.