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Civil society celebrates win in long-running Brazilian tobacco control case
Announcements | 07th February 2018
After a five-year wait, Brazilian civil society is cheering a Supreme Court decision that a regulatory agency has the power to ban additives and flavours in tobacco products.
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Civil society urges Global Fund to end partnership with Heineken
Announcements | 01st February 2018
In a joint open letter sent today to the The Global Fund; NCDA and partners have voiced deep concern and urged to immediately end the recently announced partnership with Heineken.
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NCDs attract serious discussion, and debate, at WHO Executive Board
| 31st January 2018
The 142nd session of the WHO Executive Board (EB) ended on 27 January. The following are the key takeaways of the NCD Alliance.
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US doctor learns lessons in Rwanda’s first cancer ward
World Days | 29th January 2018
This year's theme for World Cancer Day is We Can. I Can. The goal: to highlight how everyone can do their part to reduce the global burden of cancer.
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61 million+ people face serious health-related suffering yearly
Announcements | 23rd January 2018
A massive global divide in access to palliative care and pain relief were uncovered in the recently published Report of the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief.
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'Put people first' leads NCDA's priorities for 2018 High-Level Meeting
Announcements | 22nd January 2018
The NCD Alliance says the NCD community has a crucial opportunity to mobilise political leadership and new resources and action to improve the lives of people affected by NCDs worldwide: the 2018 UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs (UN HLM).
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NCDs’ impact on adolescents overlooked to date
Announcements | 17th January 2018
Adolescents have largely been overlooked in global discussions on NCDs to date but there is evidence that specific interventions are effective, says a new report by the NCD Alliance and partners.
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Returning to work after a cancer diagnosis
World Days | 15th January 2018
Many people living with cancer want to return to work. They mention both financial and emotional reasons for going back to work, with a job restoring normality, stability, social contact and income.