New in the Lancet: "Innovative financing for health: what is truly innovative?"

Mon, 11/05/2012

"...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

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Socioeconomic inequalities in NCD risk factors in LMICs: results from the World Health Survey

Thu, 11/01/2012

BMC Public Health - October 28, 2012

 

Available online as a PDF

“,,,,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."

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GSO 2012 Colloquium Series On NCDs

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30 octubre, 2012

30 October 2012

Geneva, Switzerland.

"Developing a Framework for a Call to Action: A Collaborative Multi-Stakeholder and Multi-Sectoral Approach for Non-Communicable Diseases"

Host: Geneva Social Observatory

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2nd Anniversary of the HLM on NCDs

We are very proud and happy to mark the second anniversary of the UN High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and the adoption of the Political Declaration on NCDs on 19-20 September 2011.

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World Heart Day

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Event start date: 
29 septiembre, 2012

29 September 2012

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World No Tobacco Day Celebrated Across the World

Tue, 06/15/2010

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.

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Honouring the life and work of Charity Muturi, a champion for NCDs and Mental Health

Tue, 11/12/2024

With heavy hearts, the NCD Alliance shares the sad and tragic news that Charity Muturi, an NCD advocate from Kenya, passed away suddenly on 6 November.

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Record engagement in the first half of the 2024-2025 Global Week for Action on NCDs

Thu, 11/07/2024

Thank you! The NCDs community expanded its online reach like never before during the 2024 Global Week for Action on NCDs. We recorded 1.5 million views of our content on social media, where NCD Alliance (NCDA) gained 2,500 new followers.

Healthy Philippines Alliance

 

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Le lancement de deux mini films mettant en scène des leaders des MNT marque le début de la Semaine d'action mondiale

Tue, 10/15/2024

Pour donner le coup d'envoi de la Semaine, la NCDA a lancé deux mini films mettant en lumière des leaders locaux qui plaident pour une meilleure prise en charge des MNT dans leurs communautés.

Francés

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