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Community launched on Women's Health and NCDs
Announcements | 05th March 2019
An online Community on Women and NCDs has been launched to facilitate sharing of best practices in implementing a life-course approach to women’s health and NCDs.
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How can UHC respond to NCDs and multimorbidities?
Announcements | 04th March 2019
By 2030, deaths from NCDs in Africa “are projected to exceed deaths due to communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional diseases combined” (WHO).
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NCD Alliance partners with The George Institute for Global Health
Announcements | 27th February 2019
The NCD Alliance is pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership with The George Institute for Global Health, to promote best practices and knowledge exchange in NCD prevention and control.
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Global health spending grows but more money needed for primary care - WHO
Announcements | 25th February 2019
Global spending on health is growing, with data from 2000-2016 showing more domestic public funding and less external financing, says a new WHO report.
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Apply by 3 March to attend interactive hearing and UN HLM on UHC
Announcements | 20th February 2019
Applications will be accepted until 3 March for special accreditation to the interactive multi-stakeholder hearing for the UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
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UHC on the NCD Café menu at AMREF Africa Health Agenda 2019
Announcements | 19th February 2019
Universal Health Coverage and multisectoral action will be themes of the NCD Café that NCD Alliance is hosting at the AMREF Africa Health Agenda International Conference 2019.
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PMAC2019: the political economy of NCDs - A call to a whole of society approach
Announcements | 13th February 2019
The 2019 Prince Mahidol Award Conference took place in Bangkok from 29 January to the 3rd February. Strong calls by members of NCD civil society and academia contributed to productive conversations on how negative influence by unhealthy commodity industries could be better prevented and closely regulated.
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Uniting national and regional stakeholders to ensure high level commitment to UHC
Announcements | 12th February 2019
A Forum was held right after UHC Day 2018 (12 Dec) in Dubai, UAE gathering national and regional stakeholders to unify efforts towards UHC in the context of SDGs, highlighting the need to improve prevention and early detection of NCDs and to transform health insurance systems to ensure continuity of care.