Keep up to date with the latest trends impacting NCDs around the world. 69th WHA decisions and follow-up, 2030 Agenda, UN High Level Meeting on Ending AIDS; HABITAT III & EAT Forum.
This Casebook is seeking submissions on public-private interactions involving the for-profit commercial sector in the prevention of nutrition-related NCDs.
The recently adopted UN Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS highlights for the first time the need for integrated services and programs for HIV/AIDS and NCDs.
Malnutrition is on the rise in every country in the world and is a leading global driver of disease, alerts the 2016 Global Nutrition Report launched today in seven cities around the world.
Edie Mayhew and her partner had to begin the process of planning her final years much earlier than anticipated, when diagnosed at 59 with Younger Onset Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease. In this compelling blog Edie urges us all do what we can to ensure peaceful and dignified deaths for all.
The World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health, held last week in Mexico City, was very successful for NCDs, with links being drawn from CVD to the broader NCD agenda from start to finish.
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a new resolution on 2 June broadening the scope of work of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on NCDs (UNIATF) to reflect the NCD-related targets of the SDGs in their work.
The FDI World Dental Federation has partnered with NCDA to accelerate political commitment and action on NCDs worldwide, and scale up the global fight against oral diseases.
On May 23, Corinna Hawkes moderated a WHA side-event on nutrition. Representatives of over 10 national governments, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan and chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver called for scaled up action on nutrition commitments.
On Saturday 28 May the 69th World Health Assembly closed having adopted a variety of NCD-related resolutions and announcing the adoption of the WHO Framework for Engagement with Non-State Actors.
