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'Share the power' on World Heart Day
World Days | 25th September 2017
World Heart Day campaign 2017 invites people around the world to share their tips for a healthy heart on World Heart Day – 29 September.
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World Lung Day – Sign the Charter
World Days | 25th September 2017
The first ever World Lung Day is being marked globally on 25 September. Organised by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), the day’s focus is the World Charter of Lung Health.
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WHO launches new NCDs Progress Monitor
Announcements | 20th September 2017
Progress around the world to control noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has been uneven and insufficient, and governments must step up their efforts, says WHO in its just-released Noncommunicable disease Progress Monitor 2017.
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Media Release: Alarmingly slow progress - Less than half the world's countries have set NCD targets
Press Releases | 18th September 2017
At today's release of the WHO NCD Progress Monitor 2017, NCD Alliance has applauded countries that have taken steps address NCDs, however sounded alarm at the slow progress at country level in implementing cost-effective measures in pursuit of global NCD targets.
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Overview of NCD-themed events at UNGA72
Announcements | 15th September 2017
The high-level segment of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly opens in New York next week. NCDA is hosting a side event on Monday 18 Sept from 6-7:30pm, entitled Breaking Down Silos, Building Synergies: Implementing NCDs in the SDG Era.
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95 health groups to Philip Morris International: stop selling cigarettes
Announcements | 15th September 2017
95 global health organisations published yesterday an open letter to Philip Morris International demanding that they immediately cease the production, marketing and sale of cigarettes. #QuitPMI
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UNGA72 Side Event - Breaking Down Silos, Building Synergies: Implementing NCDs in the SDG Era
Announcements | 14th September 2017
This side event, held on the margins of the 72nd UN General Assembly, will explore the opportunities available for implementing actions that will support the achievement of the NCD target in the SDGs
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UN Global Compact ban recognises the tobacco industry’s incompatibility with responsible, sustainable business
Announcements | 12th September 2017
The global noncommunicable diseases community has welcomed today’s announcement by the UN Global Compact (UNGC) to exclude the tobacco industry from participating in the initiative.