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Global health leaders call for a World Health Assembly cancer resolution in 2017
Announcements | 31st October 2016
250 global cancer and health leaders gathered at the World Cancer Leaders’ Summit this week to call for a comprehensive and robust World Health Assembly (WHA) cancer resolution in 2017.
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Check out NCD Programme at World Cancer Congress
Announcements | 28th October 2016
This year again, the World Cancer Congress will bring together leading experts across NCDs, providing an ideal setting for collaboration and exchange of lessons learned across diseases.
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NCD Dialogues at 47th World Conference on Lung Health
Announcements | 24th October 2016
Supporters of NCD Alliance have organised two NCD Dialogues sessions for the upcoming 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Liverpool, on 27 and 28 October.
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Extremely saddened by the passing of HE Ameera Binkaram
Announcements | 23rd October 2016
The NCD Alliance is extremely saddened by the passing of Her Excellency Ms Ameera Binkaram, President of the Board of Directors, Friend of Cancer Patients (FoCP), a tireless NCD champion and a friend.
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Over 45 African NCD civil society organisations form regional network
Announcements | 20th October 2016
CSO's from 23 African countries have agreed this week to work together to increase information exchange and capacity building in the prevention and control of NCDs in the region.
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#Habitat3: Collaborating across sectors to achieve urban health in sustainable cities
Announcements | 18th October 2016
NCD Alliance and partners will host a side event on Thursday 20 October, from 8:00 to 9:00 am at the venue of the Habitat III Conference, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana "Benjamin Carrión".
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Call by Chair of NCD Alliance to put health at the heart of Habitat 3
Announcements | 13th October 2016
José Luis Castro, Vital Strategies’ President and CEO and Chair, NCD Alliance, has issued a statement on the upcoming U.N. Habitat 3 conference, calling governments to promote health in urban environments.
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Civil society organisations call for stronger monitoring and accountability mechanism to end childhood obesity
Announcements | 12th October 2016
NCD Alliance, World Obesity Federation & WCRF International, together with 21 signatories, have issued a joint statement on the Draft Implementation Plan for the Recommendations of the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO).