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Our vision is a world where everyone has the opportunity for a healthy life, free from preventable suffering, stigma and death caused by NCDs
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Non-communicable diseases
What are NCDs?
Non-communicable 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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Leveraging solutions to improve access to healthcare for people living with NCDs
22nd September 2016
NCD Alliance hosted this week an event in the margins of the 71st UN General Assembly focused on Leveraging Solutions to Improve Access to Healthcare for People Living with NCDs, held in New York.
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World Heart Federation urges governments to act now on cardiovascular health
22nd September 2016
World Heart Federation calls on governments to increase efforts to prevent and control the growing epidemic of cardiovascular disease (CVD), the number one cause of death in the world.
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UNGA events highlight urgent need to address obesity and nutrition-related NCDs
21st September 2016
How do we ensure access to healthy food for all within planetary boundaries? This was the question central to two high-level events at the 71st UN General Assembly in New York in which NCD Alliance...
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Second Global NCD Alliance Forum dates announced for December 2017
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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