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Media Release: Alarmingly slow progress - Less than half the world's countries have set NCD targets
Press Releases | 18th September 2017
At today's release of the WHO NCD Progress Monitor 2017, NCD Alliance has applauded countries that have taken steps address NCDs, however sounded alarm at the slow progress at country level in implementing cost-effective measures in pursuit of global NCD targets.
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Second Global NCD Alliance Forum dates announced for December 2017
Press Releases | 19th September 2016
NCD Alliance has announced that the second Global NCD Alliance Forum will take place on 9-11 December 2017 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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NCD Alliance welcomes major private sector announcement to divest from tobacco industry
Press Releases | 23rd May 2016
On the eve of the 69th World Health Assembly, the NCD Alliance and the global NCD community welcomed a milestone announcement from AXA Group to divest their tobacco industry assets, currently valued at 1.8 billion Euros.
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Sharjah Declaration adopted at Global NCD Alliance Forum 2015
Press Releases | 16th November 2015
More than 200 civil society representatives from six continents adopted the "Sharjah Declaration on NCDs: Civil Society United Towards 2030" yesterday, marking the end of the first-ever Global NCD Alliance Forum, held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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NCD Alliance in the Post-2015 Era: Leadership, vision and priorities to transform the NCD response
Press Releases | 24th September 2015
The adoption of the post-2015 development agenda (“2030 Agenda”) at the UN Sustainable Development Summit this week marks a momentous achievement for the NCD Alliance and the non-communicable disease community as a whole. NCDs are firmly featured as a priority for sustainable development for all countries.
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NCD Alliance Global Forum 2015: Strengthening the civil society movement
Press Releases | 11th October 2014
The first Global NCD Alliance Forum will take place in November 2015, and will be hosted by Friends of Cancer Patients in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Framework Convention Alliance Joins NCD Alliance as a Global Partner
Press Releases | 08th July 2014
We are pleased to announce the Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) as the third global partner to join the NCD Alliance Steering Group.
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NCD Alliance launches program to support NCD civil society efforts in South Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean
Press Releases | 17th July 2013
The NCD Alliance today launched a program to support civil society efforts on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the national level. The new initiative, ‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action’, was announced at The Economist event “New Approaches to Non-Communicable Diseases” in South Africa, where experts discussed strategies to accelerate the prevention and control of NCDs.