To identify common issues faced and to understand how people living with NCDs would like to be meaningfully involved in the NCD response, we are consulting them until the 31st of August.
The 70th WHA will be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 22-31 May. We will be regularly updating this page with details of NCD related events, advocacy materials and official statements.
World Cancer Research Fund International and The NCD Alliance have published a joint brief about why non-communicable diseases should be considered in policies to address major nutritional challenges.
Theme: Addressing the importance of a life-course approach to the prevention and control of cardiovascular disease (CVD) with a focus on women and children
This free one-day event is open to the public from 9:00am to 5:30pm at the Royal Society (6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG). No registration is required. For more information, please contact Summer Ohno at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation ([email protected])
"...The continued global economic crisis means that increased external financing from traditional donors is unlikely in the near term. Hence, new funding has to be sought from innovative financing sources to sustain the gains made in global health, to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals, and to address the emerging burden from non-communicable diseases...."
Rifat Atun , Felicia Marie Knaul, Yoko Akachi, Julio Frenk
The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 24 October 2012
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61460-3C
