Noticias

World Cancer Day 2017 Support through Sport social media campaign launched

World Days | 14 de diciembre de 2016

World Cancer Day takes place every 4 February. This year, "Support through Sport" social media campaign invites everyone to team up with local clubs, teams or sports events to fight cancer together.
Global standard-setting committee puts child health before trade

Announcements | 14 de diciembre de 2016

In a breakthrough consensus, Codex Alimentarius Committee agreed to include reference to WHO’s recommendations for strict controls on the marketing and labelling of formulas for babies over six months.
Norway adopts standardised packaging to save lives and prevent suffering from tobacco use

Announcements | 13 de diciembre de 2016

Members of the Norwegian Parliament have overwhelmingly voted in favour of implementing standardised packaging for tobacco products, despite intense lobbying by the tobacco industry to sway politicians against the measure.
NCD Alliance joins the Deliver for Good Campaign

Announcements | 13 de diciembre de 2016

Women Deliver's new campaign, Deliver for Good, focuses on the issues that affect girls' and women's lives through an integrated approach by promoting action on 12 investment areas and applying a gender lens to the SDGs.
One-year countdown begins to the 2017 Global NCD Alliance Forum

Press Releases | 9 de diciembre de 2016

The second edition of the Global NCD Alliance Forum, the most important event convening CSOs working on the prevention and control of NCDs worldwide, will take place in one year, from 9 to 11 December 2017 in Sharjah, UAE.
The European Response to Chronic Diseases – the role of civil society

Announcements | 7 de diciembre de 2016

Over 60 representatives of European civil society organisations will meet in Brussels next week to follow-up on the adoption of the 2016-2025 WHO European action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs.
New policy brief on NCD co-morbidities: spotlight on osteoporosis

Announcements | 6 de diciembre de 2016

NCDs share common risk factors and challenges in care, and can be effectively addressed through an integrated response. In the first policy brief of a new series, NCDA and IOF focus on reasons for increased prevalence of osteoporosis in people living with other NCDs.
Bangkok Declaration on Physical Activity for Global Health and Sustainable Development launched

Announcements | 6 de diciembre de 2016

New position statement on the importance of physical activity for global health, the prevention of NCDs and how the co benefits of population based actions on physical activity can contribute to achieving eight SDGs.