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NCDs, disability and ageing: Interrelated challenges in the post-2015 era
Announcements | 05th July 2015
Today just over a billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the global population, experience a form of disability. These can be short- or long-term impairments and often place a person at a disadvantage for full, equitable participation in society.
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UNICEF calls to limit advertising of unhealthy food and beverages to children
Announcements | 01st July 2015
Unicef has urged Latin American countries, civil society and private sector to work together in order to limit advertising and marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to children, since they encourage a pattern of consumption that can cause obesity and lead to non-communicable diseases in adulthood.
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Update on Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations
Announcements | 30th June 2015
The first of three negotiation sessions on the zero draft of the Post-2015 Development Agenda outcome document was held last week in New York. Member States presented initial views on each component of the draft: Declaration, Goals and Targets, Follow up and Review, and Means of Implementation.
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PAHO/WHO: New Inter-American Task Force on NCDs launched
Announcements | 19th June 2015
A group of agencies concerned about the burden of NCDs on human and economic development in the Americas has launched a new task force to accelerate multisectoral action for prevention and control of NCDs in the region.
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Shaping the future for healthy women, children and adolescents
Announcements | 18th June 2015
The report on feedback from consultations on the Zero Draft of the updated Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health is now available.
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Update on the WHO GCM/NCDs
Announcements | 18th June 2015
The meeting report of the WHO GCM/NCD Dialogue on NCDs and development cooperation held on 20-21 April 2015 is now published on the WHO website.
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FDA takes step towards removing artificial trans fats in processed foods
Announcements | 18th June 2015
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized on 16 June 2015 its determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized as safe” or GRAS for use in human food
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Advocating for sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: A case study of Mexico
Announcements | 18th June 2015
The obesity and diabetes epidemics in Mexico are significant public health problems that impose a substantial health and economic burden on the country. A key driver of these epidemics is the high consumption of soda and other sugary drinks by Mexican children and adults.