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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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Uruguay adopts tobacco plain packaging
14th August 2018
Long at the forefront of global tobacco control, Uruguay is leading again, becoming the first country in Latin America to require plain packaging of tobacco products.
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Draft Political Declaration for UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs lacks strength and ambition required to avoid a preventable global health crisis
08th August 2018
Civil society deplores controversial omission of sugar tax and other critical solutions from the outcome document prepared for the High-Level Meeting on NCDs.
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Youth stakeholders: Investing in them will help us to beat NCDs
07th August 2018
With the UN High-Level Meeting and renewed commitment to the Alma Ata Declaration in the forseeable future, Dr Shakira Choonara reflects on what youth engagement really means, and how youth can and...
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Youth Day 2018 - Safe spaces for youth
07th August 2018
The theme for the United Nations International Youth Day (12 August) is Safe spaces for youth. Online, the day is being marked using the hashtag #youthday.
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