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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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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NCDA at World Cancer Congress 2024

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Event start date: 
17 septiembre, 2024

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. 

https://ncdalliance.org/news-events/event/world-cancer-congress-2024
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Access to drugs to treat and manage neurological disorders “grossly inadequate,” says WHO report

Tue, 07/30/2024

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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Annual Report 2023: NCDA President and CEO look back on a landmark year for global health

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.

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New podcast: Youth are already leading—make space for their input

Thu, 07/18/2024

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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