Submitted by ncd-admin on 8 November, 2016 - 21:44
In October 2016, Scotland courts upheld legislation that paves the way to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol, on the grounds that it is effective & proportionate to protect public health and life. Learn about the bumpy advocacy and political journey towards this victory for public health.
"Every tobacco death is an avoidable tradedy. The epidemic must stop here", says WHO Director General Dr Chan in an op-ed published yesterday in The Guardian, before the start of the 7th Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC in India this week.
The NCD Café at #2016WCC opened on Tuesday with a session on shared risk factors. Wednesday featured solutions for addressing NCDs in women. The programme ends today with a session on mHealth.
250 global cancer and health leaders gathered at the World Cancer Leaders’ Summit this week to call for a comprehensive and robust World Health Assembly (WHA) cancer resolution in 2017.
This year again, the World Cancer Congress will bring together leading experts across NCDs, providing an ideal setting for collaboration and exchange of lessons learned across diseases.
The NCD Alliance is extremely saddened by the passing of Her Excellency Ms Ameera Binkaram, President of the Board of Directors, Friend of Cancer Patients (FoCP), a tireless NCD champion and a friend.
Today, on World Osteoporosis Day, IOF urges all adults to be alert to their risk for osteoporosis, a ‘silent’ disease which causes bones to become fragile and break easily.
