The theme for this year's International Women’s Day on Tuesday 8th March focuses on gender parity, and is a timely reminder that NCDs disproportionately affect women around the world. Transformative action is needed for women to have equal opportunities to health as men.
The regional response to the grave threat posed by NCDs must be intensified immediately if the health, wellbeing and development gains of Caribbean people are to be protected.
Following an independent review and extensive consultation with many partners over the last year, we are pleased to share with you our ambitious new Strategic Plan for 2016-2020.
The Union for International Cancer Control is calling on its membership and other interested stakeholders to join an online consultation on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines List with respect to cancer medicines.
The Pan American Health Organization Nutrient Profile Model was launched today in Washington DC. It is a tool to classify food and drink products that are in excess of critical nutrients such as sugars, salt, total fat, saturated fat and trans-fatty acids.
