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Building capacity for NCDs in the Eastern Mediterranean region
Announcements | 01st September 2015
NCD Civil Society in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is convening on 1-2 September in Cairo, Egypt, to share best practices and strengthen collaboration for NCD prevention and control at the national and regional levels.
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World Alzheimer Report 2015 launched
Announcements | 26th August 2015
Today, over 46 million people are living with dementia, and by 2050 this number will have risen to 131.5 million. In just three years’ time, the global economic cost of dementia will reach US $1 trillion.
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Final step to agree on Sustainable Development Goals
Announcements | 31st July 2015
After two weeks of intense negotiations, Member States are set to agree the final post-2015 development agenda today in New York.
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10 Cancers linked to being overweight or obese
Announcements | 29th July 2015
World Cancer Research Fund International infographic showing strong evidence that there are now 10 cancers linked to being overweight or obese.
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Civil society from South East Asia join forces to fight NCDs
| 23rd July 2015
On 9-10 July the WHO South East Asia Regional Office (WHO SEARO) and the NCD Alliance hosted the first-ever regional meeting for NCD civil society, bringing together 95 participants from 9 of the 11 SEAR countries.
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Final push for health and NCDs in post-2015 negotiations
Announcements | 23rd July 2015
The final post-2015 intergovernmental negotiations are underway in New York. The session, which began on Monday and continues through Friday 31 July, is focused on reactions to the final draft Outcome Document to adopt the Post-2015 Agenda.
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Post-2015 UN Summit: NGO coalition urges to strengthen health and wellbeing in preamble and declaration
Announcements | 22nd July 2015
Combined comments submitted by members of the Health in Post-2015 NGO Coalition and other civil society organizations on the final draft of the outcome document for the UN Summit to adopt the Post‐2015 Development Agenda.
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FFD3: Good outcomes for health and NCDs
Announcements | 17th July 2015
The major outcome of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3), which concluded yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was the adoption of an outcome document containing a series of measures to renew and enhance global commitments for financing sustainable development.