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NCDA Position Statement: Delays, No Accountability or Time Commitments for UN Summit is No Commitment at All
Press Releases | 11th August 2011
The NCD Alliance, a global coalition of organizations from over 170 countries focusing on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), is gravely concerned that international progress on NCDs is at serious risk with recent efforts to postpone negotiations, while blocking accountability measures and time based targets in the UN Political Declaration on NCDs ahead of the September High-Level Meeting (HLM) on the prevention and control of NCDs.
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NCD Alliance launches ‘100 Days of Action’, Countdown to the UN Summit on NCDs
Press Releases | 09th June 2011
Geneva – With the UN High-Level Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) opening in 100 days, the NCD Alliance today called on all those concerned to make themselves heard by heads of state and health decision makers.
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NCD Alliance unveils ground-breaking document for successful UN Summit on Non-communicable Diseases
Press Releases | 22nd March 2011
Practical, achievable actions to turn the tide of a global epidemic of non-communicable diseases are today published by the NCD Alliance.
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Non-Communicable Diseases: the world’s number one killer for women
Press Releases | 28th February 2011
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, are the world’s number one killer causing 60% of deaths globally.