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Mapping of NCD Civil Society Organisations in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa
National & Regional Action| 13th June 2019The NCD Alliance’s Mapping of NCD Civil Society Organisations in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa launched on 13 June 2019 in Dakar, Senegal, during a regional capacity development workshop organised by the NCD Alliance with the support of Sanofi, is based on the results of the online survey done with representatives of 45 CSOs from 13 countries and in-depth interviews with 10 key informants.
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Delivering healthy lives and well-being for women and girls
Policy Briefs| 05th June 2019This policy brief outlines some of the gender-specific dimensions of NCDs that UHC must address, and presents a number of recommendations to improve the health and wellbeing of girls and women.
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Ghana Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs
Advocacy Materials| 23rd May 2019The Ghana Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs is the result a consultative process involving the voices of over 100 people living with NCDs, representing a wide range of NCD conditions along with diverse stakeholders engaged in the NCD response in Ghana.
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Our right to health, our right to clean air: Improving air quality to address NCDs
Policy Briefs| 21st May 2019This policy brief explores the impact of air pollution on health and address the air quality issue in the response to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It also provides key actions that policy makers, NGOs and health professionals can take to ensure that every one can breathe clean air.
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Brazil launches Civil Society NCD Status Report
Other| 13th May 2019ACT Health Promotion launched the Civil Society NCD Status Report for Brazil on April 9th at the 4th Intersectorial Forum on the Fight Against NCDs organised by the Public Health Institute. The report was supported through NCD Alliance’s NCD Advocacy Institute Accelerator Programme and is intended to stimulate government and relevant stakeholder action on NCDs.
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NCDA Advocacy Priorities for the 2019 UN HLM on UHC
Policy Briefs| 29th April 2019This briefing paper aims to inform Member States about the crucial opportunity of the 2019 UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC HLM) and the need to ensure that the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is included as an element of UHC in the outcome document of the UN HLM. These priorities complement the asks outlined by UHC2030.
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Trans Fat Free by 2023 Report
NCD Background Information| 25th April 2019This report presents case studies of six countries in different regions of the world that have enacted policies to eliminate industrially-produced trans fatty acids/trans fat (TFA) from their food supply. The purpose of this report is to provide civil society organizations (CSOs) and policy-makers around the world with examples of successful strategies for enacting and implementing TFA policies. The report also provides best practices, lessons learned, and recommendations based on the experience of policy-makers, advocates, and researchers involved in such efforts.
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Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs in Mexico
National & Regional Action| 19th March 2019This Advocacy Agenda of PLWNCDs in Mexico is the result of broad consultative processes during 2017 and 2018 involving dozens of people living with NCDs in Mexico City, representing diverse conditions, along with multiple stakeholders engaged in the NCD response in the country.