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International Women's Day 2024: Re-imagining NCD care for and by women
World Days | 05th March 2024
On International Women's Day, NCD advocates reflect on the many gender-based challenges related to NCDs, shedding light on the importance for governments to apply a gender lens to UHC.
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World Cancer Day 2024: a global call to Close the Care Gap
World Days | 30th January 2024
The current World Cancer Day theme is 'Close the care gap', now in its third and final year. This campaign focuses on addressing issues of equity in cancer care, rallying individuals, organisations, and governments alike to address the disparities that hinder access to essential cancer services for many people, due to age, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic situation or geographical location. Even when these services are available, many individuals encounter barriers in obtaining the care they require.
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Antimicrobial resistance: putting infectious and noncommunicable disease treatment at risk
World Days | 27th November 2023
Antibiotics and other antimicrobial treatments have become cornerstones of modern medicine, but this foundation is being severely shaken. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been declared by the World Health Organization to be one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. People living with noncommunicable diseases are among those facing the highest risk.
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NCD care at our fingertips: Digital tools can help turn back the diabetes epidemic
World Days | 14th November 2023
On World Diabetes Day, NCDA launches its new report 'Optimising the use of digital technologies for healthy societies and economies', which provides on-the-ground case studies on digital health.
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World No Tobacco Day: WHO urges governments to grow food, not tobacco
World Days | 29th May 2023
The harm caused by tobacco reaches much further than what many of us think - besides causing over 8 million deaths from noncommunicable diseases, it’s a major driver of global hunger.
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Universal Health Coverage Day starts build-up to 2023 UN High-Level Meeting
World Days | 12th December 2022
12 December is Universal Health Coverage Day, convened under the theme Build the World We Want: A Healthy Future for All, this year’s celebration will be the last before the 2023 High-Level Meeting on UHC in September.
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World Diabetes Day 2022 – Get educated!
World Days | 07th November 2022
The theme for World Diabetes Day 2021-23 is access to diabetes care. In 2022, the campaign focuses on the need for better access to quality diabetes education.
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Psoriatic disease and mental health: World Psoriasis Day 2022
World Days | 28th October 2022
World Psoriasis Day is October 29th. Each year, the global psoriatic disease community unites for action to raise awareness of psoriatic disease. This year’s theme is mental health.