The theme of World Diabetes Day (WDD) 2017 - 14 November - is Women and Diabetes, with the slogan "Our right to a healthy future". Download infographics and other resources from the campaign website.
NCD Child convened clinicians, CSOs and young leaders from the European region at the Protecting Children from NCDs: Leadership Advocacy Workshop that took place in Bucharest this 7th of June.
Implementation research doesn’t just tell us how best to implement interventions to improve health in local contexts; it can also raise awareness and action on the need for policies to be developed to reduce the burden of respiratory diseases, explains Catherine Hartmann of the Eureopean COPD Coalition.
NCDA's June webinar provided a recap on NCDs related discussions at the 70th World Health Assembly and an update on the upcoming WHO Global Conference on NCDs.
Yesterday, a historic 70th World Health Assembly that will be remembered for the election of WHO's next Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom concluded in Geneva.
Appendix III of the WHO Global Action Plan on NCDs provides policy makers with a menu of evidence-based policy options and cost-effective interventions for NCD prevention and control. When it was updated in 2017, there were some controversies.
The plan opens a new era in understanding, care and treatment – but governments must act now. The plan acknowledges that dementia is not a normal part of ageing and that those affected should be helped to live as well as possible.
"Stepping up the pace on NCDs: making 2018 count" is the theme of the Global NCD Alliance Forum, to be held from 9 to 11 December 2017, in Sharjah (UAE).
On 22 May, six high-level panelists discussed NCDs successes and challenges at a side event organised by NCDA in the margins of the 70th World Health Assembly, taking place this week in Geneva.
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