The push for a healthier Caribbean received a considerable boost last week, as the leaders at the 38th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference made new commitments to tackle the NCD epidemic.
This event, on the margins of the UN High-level Political Forum, will explore policies to prevent obesity as part of a broader strategy to address diet-related NCDs, and to achieve the SDGs.
Nine high-level international experts have signed a column published in the French newspaper « Le Monde » this week, calling for an urgent international mobilisation to face the scourge of diabetes in Africa.
In view of recent national developments, the NCD Alliance of Kenya is supporting its members to open County Chapters in order to strengthen the Alliance and facilitate coordinated NCD prevention at the county level.
The Norwegian Cancer Society has launched a global campaign to raise awareness among the cancer community of the devastating effects of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) for cancer patients.
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.
