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Noncommunicable diseases
What are NCDs?
Noncommunicable diseases are the #1 cause of death and disability worldwide. NCDs – mainly cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes – account for 68% of global mortality, or two out of every three deaths.
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Improve diets now for better personal and planetary health - Lancet report
16th January 2019
Following a healthy and sustainable diet could avoid roughly 11 million premature deaths per year, says a new report by the EAT-Lancet Commission.
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Bolstering accountability must be our new year’s resolution for 2019: 9 tools to help
15th January 2019
Jess Beagley explains why embracing accountability is the New Year's Resolution we should all commit to for 2019, sharing some handy and recent tools to help you along the way to making good of your...
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'I Am and I Will' - World Cancer Day 2019
15th January 2019
World Cancer Day (WCD) 2019, celebrated on 4 February, marks the launch of the 3 -year ‘I Am and I Will’ campaign.
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International Migrants Day: promote health in global mobility
18th December 2018
As deaths of migrants and refugees in 2018 approaches 3,400, the UN has declared Migration with Dignity the theme of the annual International Migrants Day (18 December).
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