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WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2015 launched
Announcements | 08th July 2015
The continued success in global tobacco control is detailed in this year’s WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2015: substantial progress has been made since the entry into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) ten years ago.
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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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Regional workshop on NCDs: Strengthening civil society in SEARO
| 01st July 2015
Civil society from South-East Asian countries will meet on 9-10 July in New Delhi to share best practices and strengthen collaboration for NCD prevention and control at the national and regional levels.
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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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Addressing major food system reform to tackle nutrition-related NCDs
| 30th June 2015
Can the sustainable development goals reduce the burden of nutrition-related non-communicable diseases without truly addressing major food system reforms?
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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.