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NCD Café at the 2016 World Cancer Congress
Announcements | 07th October 2016
It's less than one month until the start of the 2016 World Cancer Congress! NCD Alliance and our supporters are delighted to be hosting an NCD Café at WCC for the second time.
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Launch of the Rwanda Non Communicable Disease Alliance
Announcements | 29th September 2016
In a step forward for NCD prevention and control, the Rwandan Non Communicable Disease Alliance (RNCDA), a new civil society platform, was formed this week.
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Web-based consultation open until 12 October
Announcements | 28th September 2016
The web-based consultation of the Draft Implementation Plan for the Recommendations of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity is now open.
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What government ministries need to know about NCDs
Announcements | 27th September 2016
This set of briefs produced by WHO and UNDP provide policy and decision makers across governments with information on how NCDs impact their sector.
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Leveraging solutions to improve access to healthcare for people living with NCDs
Announcements | 22nd September 2016
NCD Alliance hosted this week an event in the margins of the 71st UN General Assembly focused on Leveraging Solutions to Improve Access to Healthcare for People Living with NCDs, held in New York.
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UNGA events highlight urgent need to address obesity and nutrition-related NCDs
Announcements | 21st September 2016
How do we ensure access to healthy food for all within planetary boundaries? This was the question central to two high-level events at the 71st UN General Assembly in New York in which NCD Alliance participated.
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Uruguay's President Vázquez gives the fight against NCDs a welcome boost
Announcements | 21st September 2016
Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez has called on global leaders & communities to unite in tackling NCDs during a speech at UNGA in New York.
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UNSG's High-level Panel on Access to Medicines report launched
Announcements | 15th September 2016
According to a High-Level Panel convened to advise the UN Secretary-General on improving access to medicines, the world must take bold new approaches to both health technology innovation and ensuring access so that all people can benefit from the medical advances that have dramatically improved the lives of millions around the world in the last century.