BMC Public Health - October 28, 2012
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Socioeconomic inequalities in NCD risk factors in LMICs: results from the World Health Survey
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Economist Conference: Cost of non-communicable diseases to weigh on society more than the global financial crisis
31 Oct 2012The Economsist Conference brought together key stakeholders to discuss strategies to address NCDs including the four CEOs of the NCD Alliance.
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Lancet releases an article on: 'The 21st century hazards of smoking and benefi ts of stopping: a prospective study of one million women in the UK'
29 Oct 2012Between 1996-2001, 1.3 million UK women were recruited to participate in a study detailing the full effects of prolonged smoking or cessation on the mortality among the women.
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ADI, IDF and NCDA Submissions to the WHO Consultation on the draft Global Mental Health Action Plan
23 Oct 2012At this year's WHA, the WHO was tasked to begin consultations on the development of Global Mental Health Action from 2013-2020.
They developed a 'zero draft' and invited Member States, other organizations and associates to comment by October 19th. NCDA...
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Final Report Released from the NCD Child Conference
19 Oct 2012CLAN convened, in partnership with the Public Health Institute and the Global Health Council, the first NCD Conference which brought together leading NCD experts and development organisations. The conference focused on the complexities of a life-course approach to NCDs and how to...
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ITU and WHO launch mHealth initiative to combat noncommunicable diseases
18 Oct 2012'The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and WHO today launched a new partnership called the ‘mHealth’ Initiative to use mobile technology, in particular text messaging and apps, to help combat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cancer,...
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Director of NCDA focuses on NCDs at The European Health Forum
05 Oct 2012Judith Watt, the Director of NCDA, attended the European Health Forum Group highlighting the current NCD epidemic.
The Health Forum focuses on the health care policy in the EU and it has the most the influence in policy recommendations. It attracts more more than 600...
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NCD Strategy adopted at the PAHO Regional Committee
28 Sep 2012The WHO Regional Committee Meetings are underway – PAHO met last week and the WPRO meeting is taking place this week. The NCD Alliance has coordinated representation at those meetings to ensure a strong civil society voice is present on any discussions on the NCD...
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WHF as part of the Global Cardiovascular Disease Taskforce releases new report
24 Sep 2012World Heart Federation as part of the Global Cardiovascular Disease Taskforce released a new paper acknowledging that ‘agreement by governments, by the end of 2012, on a...
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Arogya World Launches Op-Ed pieces for the one-year anniversary of the UN High Level Meeting
14 Sep 2012ArogyaWorld produced a series of op-ed pieces in partnership with Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network (YPCDN) with leaders in public health such as Sir George Alleyne, Nils Daulaire, Princess Dina Mired, Peter Piot, Jill Sheffield, Rachel Nugent, Felicia Knaul, Derek Yach...