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Blunt UN Secretary-General’s report on NCDs decries lack of progress
Announcements | 05th March 2018
The UN Secretary-General's report on NCDs, published last week, is blunt about the lack of progress made by the world's governments in fighting non-communicable diseases.
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CSW62 - Breaking the cycle of injustice for women in rural settings
Announcements | 28th February 2018
This event will explore the need for political will at the highest level, and how co-benefit solutions deliver long-lasting results for women and girls.
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World leaders to steer Global High-level Commission on NCDs
Announcements | 20th February 2018
Four heads of state, numerous government ministers and renowned global health leaders have been named to the Independent Global High-level Commission on NCDs.
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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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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.