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Call for bids from African countries to host the 17th WCTOH in 2018

| 03rd December 2014

The International Liaison Group on Tobacco or Health (ILGTH) which is responsible for selecting the venue of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health is now launching the bidding process for the World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2018 to be held in Africa.
Not Beyond Us: World Cancer Day 2015 campaign officially launched

World Days | 02nd December 2014

Taking place under the tagline ‘Not beyond us’, World Cancer Day 2015 will take
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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Joint brief: The link between food, nutrition, diet and NCDs

| 18th November 2014

World Cancer Research Fund International and The NCD Alliance have published a joint brief about why non-communicable diseases should be considered in policies to address major nutritional challenges.
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.
Join the global coalition calling for #HEALTHFORALL

World Days | 12th November 2014

The NCD Alliance has joined 200+ organizations around the world to launch the first-ever Universa
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.