Announcements

NCDs in LMICs: A global health crisis, says Council of Foreign Relations report

Announcements | 04th December 2014

'The Emerging Global Health Crisis: Noncommunicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries' report was released today by the Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force on NCDs in Washington, DC.
European Youth Essay Competition: Universities Allied for Essential Medicines

Announcements | 20th November 2014

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) is holding a European Youth Essay Competition, calling for responses to the following question:

Why is Access to Medicines a pressing European issue today? What role should universities play in solving the global medical access and innovation crisis?
ICN2: Rome Declaration on Nutrition and the Framework for Action adopted today

Announcements | 19th November 2014

The Rome Declaration on Nutrition and the Framework for Action on Nutrition have been adopted today at the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), by Ministers from 193 countries.

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South Africa NCD Alliance holds NCDs Health Systems Strengthening Kopano

Announcements | 18th November 2014

As part of the NCD Alliance Program ‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action’, the South Africa NCD Alliance is holding a meeting entitled NCDs Health Systems Strengthening Kopano; Kopano being Setswana for meeting, unity, together.
Facing down the TB-diabetes co-epidemic

Announcements | 05th November 2014

At last week’s 45th World Conference on Lung Health in Barcelona, Spain, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and World Diabetes Foundation jointly issued a call to action against a global co-epidemic of diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis.
The Global Asthma Report 2014

Announcements | 03rd November 2014

The Global Asthma Report 2014 is published by the Global Asthma Network and includes strategic and practical recommendations and valuable information for governments, health organisations, health professionals, and people with asthma,
WHO AFRO Regional Committee Meeting begins today

Announcements | 03rd November 2014

The 64th Regional Committee Meeting for the WHO AFRO Region begins today in Cotonou, Republic of Benin. NCDs feature in the Report of the work of WHO in the African Region, and engagement with non state actors will be discussed under a standalone agenda item. A statement will be delivered on behalf of NCDA.
Caribbean HSS meeting shares lessons learned in NCD care

Announcements | 22nd October 2014

As part of the NCD Alliance Program ‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action’, the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) in partnership with PAHO/WHO and CARPHA is holding today a Caribbean Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) meeting in Dominica.