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  • Healthy Caribbean Coalition launches civil society report on National NCD Commissions

    Announcements  |  29th September 2015

    The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) has released the report "National NCD Commissions in the Caribbean: Towards a more Effective Multisectoral Response to NCDs". The report provides a detailed assessment and analysis of the status of CARICOM National NCD Commissions.

     

  • Today is World Heart Day: Support #heartchoices

    World Days  |  28th September 2015

    World Heart Day takes place on 29 September every year and is a change for people across the globe to take part in the world's biggest intervention against cardiovascular disease (CVD).

  • Noncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor 2015 launched

    Announcements  |  27th September 2015

    The World Health Organization's new "Noncommunicable Disease Progress Monitor 2015" was launched this week during the UN Sustainable Development Summit, in New York.

  • SDGs Summit

    Adoption of Agenda 2030: A Major Victory for NCDs

    Announcements  |  24th September 2015

    Today is a historic moment for the non-communicable disease (NCD) community. This morning, world leaders formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the United Nations in New York. For the first time, NCDs are included as a sustainable development priority for all countries.

     

  • NCD Alliance in the Post-2015 Era: Leadership, vision and priorities to transform the NCD response

    Press Releases  |  24th September 2015

    The adoption of the post-2015 development agenda (“2030 Agenda”) at the UN Sustainable Development Summit this week marks a momentous achievement for the NCD Alliance and the non-communicable disease community as a whole. NCDs are firmly featured as a priority for sustainable development for all countries. 

  • A community health worker gives a health talk on malaria in Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria

    Countries have a long way to reduce the burden of NCDs

    Announcements  |  24th September 2015

    A new method published today in the Lancet of monitoring countries’ performance in reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases, shows that many countries have a long way to go to reduce suffering and deaths from NCD.

  • Economists from endorse Universal Health Coverage

    World Days  |  20th September 2015

    A global coalition of 267 economists representing 44 countries is calling on policymakers to prioritise universal health coverage as an essential pillar of economic development.

  • #NutritionReport: The coexistence of extreme deprivation and obesity is the real malnutrition

    Announcements  |  15th September 2015

    Nutrition can be a driver of change or a barrier to progress, and, according to the Global Nutrition Report being released on September 15 in London, there are actions leaders of every country should be taking to end malnutrition in all its forms.

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