NCD Alliance

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the governing body of the WHO FCTC which comprises of all the Parties to the Convention. It regularly reviews and adopts measures to improve the implementation of the Convention and sessions are held at two year intervals.

FCA has been releasing daily bulletins this week from Seoul, South Korea.

The daily bulletins may be accessed below:

11 November 2012

Media release from the Canadian Cancer Society:

More than 60 countries now require graphic cigarette package warnings
International report details progress on cigarette package labelling, ranks Australia first

For release: Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The report on Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Yound Adults was released in early 2012 by US Surgeon General. It showcases the rise of tobacco use among the youth aged (12-17) and young adults (18-25) including epidemiology, causes, and health effects of tobacco use and recommendations of interventions that will help combat it.

For the report please follow click here

The Economsist Conference brought together key stakeholders to discuss strategies to address NCDs including the four CEOs of the NCD Alliance.

For the article please click here

Between 1996-2001, 1.3 million UK women were recruited to participate in a study detailing the full effects of prolonged smoking or cessation on the mortality among the women.

For the article please find it here.

At this year's WHA, the WHO was tasked to begin consultations on the development of  Global Mental Health Action from 2013-2020.

They developed a 'zero draft' and invited Member States, other organizations and associates to comment by October 19th. NCDA submitted comments highlighting the links between mental health and NCDs and the need for a comprehensive approach to each.

Below are links to ADI, IDF and NCDA submissions to WHO:

CLAN convened, in partnership with the Public Health Institute and the Global Health Council, the first NCD Conference which brought together leading NCD experts and development organisations. The conference focused on the complexities of a life-course approach to NCDs and how to effectively integrate children and adolescents within the global NCD framework, health and development discussions.

The final report has just been released and can be found here.

'The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and WHO today launched a new partnership called the ‘mHealth’ Initiative to use mobile technology, in particular text messaging and apps, to help combat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory diseases.'- WHO News Release

For the official release please click here

Source: WHO

Judith Watt, the Director of NCDA, attended the European Health Forum Group highlighting the current NCD epidemic.

The Health Forum focuses on the health care policy in the EU and it has the most the influence in policy recommendations. It attracts more more than 600 decision-makers from 45 countries to discuss the future of the European health system

For more information on the Forum click here

The WHO Regional Committee Meetings are underway – PAHO met last week and the WPRO meeting is taking place this week.  The NCD Alliance has coordinated representation at those meetings to ensure a strong civil society voice is present on any discussions on the NCD Framework, and developed a Statement to be delivered at each Regional Meeting.

 A regional strategy on NCDs was adopted at the PAHO Regional Meeting highlighting: