On 12 December 2016 a global coalition of more than 750 organisations in 110 countries will call for greater action and progress on delivering Universal Health Coverage.
The revision of the European Directive about audiovisual services provides an opportunity to minimise the adverse impact of unhealthy commercial marketing, especially on young people.
The WHO has released a new web-based tool to guide policy-makers and practitioners through the process of developing, implementing, and monitoring national multisectoral NCD plans.
Submitted by ncd-admin on 24 November, 2016 - 15:33
Johanna Ralston's call to the NCD community: now exists an opportunity – perhaps a once-in-a generation moment - to address the fragmentation of the health systems and offer joined-up solutions with people at the centre.
Leaders from governments and United Nations organisations, city chiefs and health experts from around the world today made two landmark commitments to promote public health and eradicate poverty.
Submitted by ncd-admin on 20 November, 2016 - 20:44
The health sector alone cannot #BeatNCDs. UNDP & WHO's new policy briefs help non-health sectors know what they need to know to strengthen the collaborative response to NCDs.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food will focus her next annual report to the Human Rights Council on the human rights implications of the widespread use of hazardous pesticides on human rights, in particular the right to food.
Research finds that as many as 66 million people in European region may be living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – yet, very few people have ever heard of this disease.
