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Announcements | 19th January 2012
Thank you for the opportunity to deliver this statement on behalf of the NCD Alliance and 50 leading civil society organisations. We commend Member States on their support for the Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of NCDs, adopted at the UN High Level Meeting in September 2011.
Announcements | 23rd December 2011
BRASILIA — President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday signed a law banning smoking in all enclosed publ
Announcements | 30th November 2011
AMMAN - Jordan is committed to implementing the National Strategy for Prevention of Non-Communica
Announcements | 21st November 2011
Tobacco giant Philip Morris is suing the Australian government over a new law making plain packaging mandatory for cigarettes from December 2012.
| 18th November 2011
WASHINGTON, November 17, 2011 Heart disease, cancer, strokes, obesity, diabetes, and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death in the Caribbean and represent a rapidly increasing share of total health expenditure for countries in the region, says the World Bank.
Announcements | 07th November 2011
During last week's JSCO 2012 Annual Meeting, the 8th Asia Cancer Forum adopted a Declaration outlining its commitments to address cancer, in line with the recently adopted UN Political Declaration on NCDs. The Declaration was adopted at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Clinical Oncology which took place from 27 - 29 October 2011 under the theme: “Toward the goal: Finding the best way and Taking the first step”.
Announcements | 02nd November 2011
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are threatening millions of lives unless major policy changes take effect, according to experts speaking at a press conference held in Lille, France as part of the 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health.
World Days | 31st October 2011
Today is World Stroke Day. There are 15 million people who have a stroke each year. Every other second, an adult or a child, a man or a woman, old or young, suffers a stroke.