The NCD Alliance wishes to congratulate Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on his appointment as the next Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr Tedros will take office on 1 July 2017.
We still have a long way to go to achieve the 25 by 25 NCD targets; UICC has supported the call for an updated cancer resolution, for duscission during the 70th World Health Assembly, that would provide governments with best-practice guidance in establishing the core disciplines and services for a holistic and impactful cancer response. Learn about it here...
Katie Dain, the NCD Alliance's Executive Director, presents the 2016 NCDA's Annual Report and reflects on progress made and lessons learned. May 2017 marks the start of a new chapter for the NCD Alliance as transitions from an informal alliance to a standalone NGO.
As part of the NCD Alliance's evolution from an informal alliance to being a standaline NGO as from 22nd May, we are pleased to announce the first NCDA Board for the period 2017-2019.
This May 4-7, 2017, the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network (YP-CDN) and RTI International will host a NextGen Leaders for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) workshop in Rwanda.
In a historic decision, the Second Chamber of the Superior Justice Court ratified that publicity directed at children is illegal, and maintained a fine of over R$305,000 against Sadia.
Join us on Sunday 21st of May for a civil society briefing. Meet other CSOs, learn about official WHA NCD agenda items and side events, and strategise on priority advocacy messages.
April 7th is celebrated as International World Health Day, which this year highlighted the theme of dpression. Estimates show there were over 9 million people with depression and over 8 million people with anxiety in Indonesia in 2015. This places the country in second place in terms of prevalence in the South-East Asia, after India.
In recognition of the challenges facing NCD research in Africa, the East African NCD alliance has spearheaded a new continent-wide group to facilitate multi-sectoral and coordinated research efforts between multi-disciplinary teams.