Despite the consequences NCDs & their risk factors, few people are familiar with the term. What’s lost in debates over acronyms is the stories about people affected by these diseases.
This policy brief provides an overview of the approaches used by the Barbados Ministry of Finance in the adoption of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxation.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today the appointment of Mr Michael R. Bloomberg as the first WHO Global Ambassador for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).
The Nutrition for Growth meeting on the eve of the Rio Olympics gave pause to reflect, and look toward 2017 for an opportunity for governments to plege scaled up commitments.
Take any NCD statistic, look at the highest figure & chances are it is from a Pacific Island country. Ferdinand Strobel of UNDP describes the region's NCD challenges & response.
WHO has published a Discussion Paper proposing updates to Appendix 3 to the WHO Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020. Consultation period for the proposed updates closes on 1 September 2016.
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For World Breastfeeding Week, Lucy Sullivan of 1,000 Days explains why it's important that the global health community ensures breastfeeding is prioritised as a key to ending malnutrition and achieving sustainable development.
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CSOs concerned about progress on commitments to reduce premature deaths by 25% by 2025 are using accountability tools to urge action to achieve this goal. Katy Cooper of C3Health reports on one such tool, a modelling study published by UK's Richmond Group of Charities.
Good news for the NCD response in the Caribbean! The communiqué issued at the thirty-seventh CARICOM Heads of Government Conference places chronic diseases firmly on the leaders’ agenda.