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Advocating for sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: A case study of Mexico

Announcements | 18th June 2015

The obesity and diabetes epidemics in Mexico are significant public health problems that impose a substantial health and economic burden on the country. A key driver of these epidemics is the high consumption of soda and other sugary drinks by Mexican children and adults.
Shaping the future for healthy women, children and adolescents

Announcements | 18th June 2015

The report on feedback from consultations on the Zero Draft of the updated Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health is now available.
Latin America: Negative impact of ultra-processed foods demands strong response from governments and CSOs

Announcements | 10th June 2015

Experts from 12 countries of Latin America meeting in Panama this week urged a stronger role by civil society in supporting and promoting policies on food, tobacco, alcohol, and physical activity to counter the epidemic of NCDs in the region.
Healthy Caribbean Coalition hosts three key regional NCD meetings

Announcements | 05th June 2015

This 4, 5 and 6th June, HCC is hosting NCD meetings in key topics to help forward NCD prevention and control in the Caribbean region.
Processed fruit snacks contain more sugar than sweets

Announcements | 04th June 2015

New research by Action on Sugar has revealed huge amount of hidden sugars in seemingly ‘healthy’ fruit snacks aimed at children in the UK. Over three quarters (85%) of products surveyed (i.e. 80 of the 94 products) contain more sugars than Haribo Starmix (47g/100g) confectionary per 100g – with some containing over 4 teaspoons per portion.
Mobilising the means: Sustainable financing for health and NCDs in post-2015

Announcements | 04th June 2015

How do we effectively mobilize resources for health to ensure countries respond effectively to the health challenges of the post-‐2015 era? This question set the tone for the interactive roundtable, Mobilizing the Means: Sustainable financing for health and NCDs in Post-2015, co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of the Caribbean Community to the United Nations (CARICOM), UNDP, and the NCD Alliance.
NCD Alliance speaks at UN Civil Society Hearing on Post-2015

Announcements | 29th May 2015

The World Lung Foundation (WLF) spoke on behalf of the NCD Alliance at the UN civil society hearing on post-2015, held on 26 May in New York.
Opinion: Tobacco taxes too effective to overlook in financing for development

Announcements | 27th May 2015

"Governments are in the midst of tough talks in New York over the text of the Addis Ababa Accord, which is scheduled to be adopted at the end of the Third Conference on Financing for Development (FfD), to be held in Ethiopia in July. However at last report, negotiators continued to downplay a powerful mechanism that governments could use to help achieve and finance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in September: tobacco taxes."

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