The Healthy Caribbean Coalition has released a new report on civil society tobacco control advocacy highlighting the measurable successes of the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control.
Youth are exposed to extensive alcohol marketing, associated with increased drinking. New evidence reinforces the call to governments to strengthen alcohol marketing regulations to protech young people from alcohol marketing.
In December 2016 NCD Alliance and the European Chronic Disease Alliance co-organised a European meeting on the role of civil society in the regional response to NCDs, which brought together 67 participants from 22 countries.
Priya Kanayson explains how evidence presented in the 2015 Global Burden of Disease Study reinforces the need for urgent action to reduce the global burden of NCDs.
NCDFREE has released its latest film 'Tackling Trauma'. The film follows the story of Frank, an asylum seeker in Denmark, who recieves both health and social support from a local volunteer run project called Trampoline House.
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Recap 2016 with some down-time reading from our blog; bring in 2017 with fresh insights and new inspiration to make even more progress on prevention and control of NCDs.
GACD has opened its 4th call for funding applications focusing on implementation research proposals on child, adolescent and adult age onset mental disorders.
On the occasion of the third annual Universal Health Coverage Day, the NCD Alliance and partners co-hosted an event exploring the interlinkages between urbanizing systems and health.
World Cancer Day takes place every 4 February. This year, "Support through Sport" social media campaign invites everyone to team up with local clubs, teams or sports events to fight cancer together.