"...The continued global economic crisis means that increased external financing from traditional donors is unlikely in the near term. Hence, new funding has to be sought from innovative financing sources to sustain the gains made in global health, to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals, and to address the emerging burden from non-communicable diseases...."
Rifat Atun , Felicia Marie Knaul, Yoko Akachi, Julio Frenk
The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 24 October 2012
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61460-3C
“,,,,Monitoring inequalities in noncommunicable disease risk factor prevalence can help to inform and target effective interventions. The prevalence of current daily smoking, low fruit and vegetable consumption, physical inactivity, and heavy episodic alcohol drinking were quantified and compared across wealth and education levels in low- and middle-income country groups."
North Africa program “Smoke-free at Work” initiative On World No Tobacco Day, hundreds of youth from Tunisia and Algeria gathered at one of the many community activism events organized by a handful of Youth Advocacy Leaders, as part of the “Smoke-free at Work” Initiative (or “Travaillons Sans Fumée”, its name in French), to raise awareness around the dangers of secondhand smoke in the workplace.
World Cancer Congress aims to strengthen the participants' actions and impact on national, regional and international scales through a multidisciplinary programme featuring the latest successful cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care interventions. We have collected key resources to help you get ready for the discussions at the Congress.
A new WHO report on improving access to medicines for neurological disorders highlights a sustained lack of access to treatment, particularly in low-resource and rural areas.
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Monika Arora and Katie Dain reflect on the state of NCDs in the global health agenda, highlighting progress and achievements from NCDA's work, to mark the publication of the Annual Report 2023.
Youth are already acting as leaders globally but their work needs to be better incorporated into policy-making, agree three youth NCD leaders in the new episode of the NCDA podcast, Voices of the health revolution.
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