The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) has released the report "National NCD Commissions in the Caribbean: Towards a more Effective Multisectoral Response to NCDs". The report provides a detailed assessment and analysis of the status of CARICOM National NCD Commissions.
World Heart Day takes place on 29 September every year and is a change for people across the globe to take part in the world's biggest intervention against cardiovascular disease (CVD).
The World Health Organization's new "Noncommunicable Disease Progress Monitor 2015" was launched this week during the UN Sustainable Development Summit, in New York.
Today is a historic moment for the non-communicable disease (NCD) community. This morning, world leaders formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the United Nations in New York. For the first time, NCDs are included as a sustainable development priority for all countries.
A new method published today in the Lancet of monitoring countries’ performance in reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases, shows that many countries have a long way to go to reduce suffering and deaths from NCD.
Nutrition can be a driver of change or a barrier to progress, and, according to the Global Nutrition Report being released on September 15 in London, there are actions leaders of every country should be taking to end malnutrition in all its forms.
Today, over 46 million people are living with dementia, and by 2050 this number will have risen to 131.5 million. In just three years’ time, the global economic cost of dementia will reach US $1 trillion.
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