NCD Alliance

The 68th World Health Assembly is approaching, taking place on 18-26 May in Geneva. Most WHA papers have now been published online and can be accessed here. Official discussions on NCDs are scheduled for Friday 22 and Saturday 23 May. The NCD Alliance has compiled an advocacy briefing with key messaging on health and NCDs.

Today, 7 May, the President of the General Assembly, together with the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs, will hold a high-level thematic debate in the lead-up to the April 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the World Drug Problem. The UNGASS will review progress in implementation of the 2009 Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem.

The World Health Assembly (WHA) which will take place from 18th to the 26th May is now just a few weeks away. The official discussions on NCDs have been scheduled for Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd  and a wide range of NCD-related events will take place throughout the week.

The NCD Alliance is pleased to launch the French version of our new Advocacy Toolkit on NCDs in Post-2015 Development Agenda.

On Thursday 16th April, supporters of the NCD Alliance co-hosted two sessions at the 30th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International.

Food Revolution Day will be celebrated on 15 May 2015. It is a global campaign by Jamie Oliver to put compulsory practical food education back on the school curriculum and raise awareness about the global obesity epidemic.

Prior to next week’s drafting session for the outcome document of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, the co-facilitators are holding informal hearings at the UN with the Business Sector and Civil Society to gather their views on financing and reactions to the Zero Draft of the outcome document.

Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) and Alzheimer's Australia will host the 30th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International from 15 to 18 April 2015 in Perth, Australia.The conference theme this year is "Care, Cure and the Dementia Experience - A Global Challenge". 

Access Our Medicine has collected more than 100,000 signatures for their Declaration for Affordable Medicine! They are now on target to reach over 30 million people.

The great majority of people will experience a food or water borne disease at some point in their lives. This highlights the importance of making sure the food we eat is not contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria, parasites, viruses, toxins and chemicals.