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2019-2021 NCDA President and Board of Directors elected
Press Releases | 18th May 2019
NCDA members meeting at the General Assembly in Geneva elected Australian advocate and civil society leader Todd Harper, as the incoming President to lead the organisation during the next two years. The Board of Directors was also partially renewed, comprising an outstanding group of individuals from a range of backgrounds, areas of expertise across the NCD field, and geographies.
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Contaminating clean air discussions: health group call to ban fossil fuel industries from attending international climate negotiations
Press Releases | 11th December 2018
The NCD Alliance is leading a call to reject the dominant presence of representatives from fossil fuel industries at the ongoing COP 24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland and protect global health.
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NCD Alliance welcomes IADR - pushing for better inclusion of oral diseases on global NCD agenda
Press Releases | 23rd October 2018
The NCD Alliance is pleased to welcome the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) as a Full Member of NCDA, to better articulate the case for the inclusion of oral health in the fight against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
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Draft Political Declaration for UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs lacks strength and ambition required to avoid a preventable global health crisis
Press Releases | 08th August 2018
Civil society deplores controversial omission of sugar tax and other critical solutions from the outcome document prepared for the High-Level Meeting on NCDs. -
New WHO Global Action Plan for Physical Activity can help prevent deaths and disability from NCDs
Press Releases | 04th June 2018
The NCD Alliance has welcomed More Active People for a Healthier World, the new WHO Global Action Plan for Physical Activity (GAPPA) 2018-2030, launched today in Lisbon.
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Time to Deliver: A Do or Die moment for Noncommunicable Diseases
Press Releases | 01st June 2018
The NCD Alliance today warmly welcomed the report of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs), Time To Deliver.
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Meeting is first step towards ending Global Fund’s ill-advised Heineken partnership, though concerns remain
Press Releases | 09th March 2018
Civil society representatives met with the Global Fund last week to discuss concernes raised about a partnership with beer brewer, Heineken. While discussions were cause for optimisim, remaining doubts leave room for further dialogue about incompatible partnerships for health and development.
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Mobilising high-level political leadership to address NCDs key focus of Global NCD Alliance Forum
Press Releases | 01st December 2017
Mobilising high-level political leadership to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which kill 40 million people globally each year, will be the key focus of the Global NCD Alliance Forum 2017 to be held Sharjah, UAE, December 9-11.