The Lancet, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), and the University of Washington invite you to the launch event: Rapid Health Transitions: Findings and Implications of the Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study

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14 December, 2012

14 December 2012

The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom

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])

For the invitation please find it here

New in the Lancet: "Innovative financing for health: what is truly innovative?"

Mon, 11/05/2012

"...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

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Socioeconomic inequalities in NCD risk factors in LMICs: results from the World Health Survey

Thu, 11/01/2012

BMC Public Health - October 28, 2012

 

Available online as a PDF

“,,,,Monitoring inequalities in noncommunicable disease risk factor prevalence can help to inform and target effective interventions. The prevalence of current daily smoking, low fruit and vegetable consumption, physical inactivity, and heavy episodic alcohol drinking were quantified and compared across wealth and education levels in low- and middle-income country groups."

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GSO 2012 Colloquium Series On NCDs

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30 October, 2012

30 October 2012

Geneva, Switzerland.

"Developing a Framework for a Call to Action: A Collaborative Multi-Stakeholder and Multi-Sectoral Approach for Non-Communicable Diseases"

Host: Geneva Social Observatory

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2nd Anniversary of the HLM on NCDs

We are very proud and happy to mark the second anniversary of the UN High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and the adoption of the Political Declaration on NCDs on 19-20 September 2011.

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World Heart Day

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29 September, 2012

29 September 2012

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World No Tobacco Day Celebrated Across the World

Tue, 06/15/2010

North Africa program “Smoke-free at Work” initiative On World No Tobacco Day, hundreds of youth from Tunisia and Algeria gathered at one of the many community activism events organized by a handful of Youth Advocacy Leaders, as part of the “Smoke-free at Work” Initiative (or “Travaillons Sans Fumée”, its name in French), to raise awareness around the dangers of secondhand smoke in the workplace.

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Multisectoral action rooted in lived experience essential for advancing equity in the NCD response

Thu, 05/22/2025

Thanks to relentless efforts to respond to the NCD emergency, governments worldwide are making progress in addressing NCDs, but challenges continue rising globally. 

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As WHA78 opens, NCDA echoes call for solidarity, hope and a plan to tackle NCDs

Mon, 05/19/2025

With WHA78 underway and the HLM4 in September fast approaching, the message from Geneva is clear: it’s time to move beyond declarations and toward delivery — grounded in solidarity, hope and a plan. 

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Reflections from the Multistakeholder Hearing on NCDs and Mental Health held on 2nd May 2025

In this blog, Labram Musah, National Coordinator for the Ghana NCD Alliance reflects on the Multistakeholder Hearing on NCDs and Mental Health held at the United Nations Headquarters on 2nd May, 2025, a pivotal preparatory event for the upcoming Fourth UN High-Level.

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