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Publications & Multimedia

Find all the NCD Alliance publications and the most recent global data on NCDs.

This section includes the latest NCD Alliance publications, such as policy briefs and analysis, progress tracking and advocacy toolkits, and our annual reports.

Publications & Multimedia

  • Second UNDP/WHO joint letter on NCDs

    Second UNDP/WHO joint letter on NCDs

    NCD Background Information
    (77.81kB)  |  24th February 2014
  • Advocacy Docket: Why we cannot ignore noncommunicable diseases

    Advocacy Docket: Why we cannot ignore noncommunicable diseases

    NCD Background Information
     |  01st January 2014

    Part of a WHO SEARO Advocacy Docket entitled 'Together We Can: Prevent and Control the World's Most Common Diseases.

  • NCD Alliance Statement at WHO Europe Ministerial Conference on NCDs in Turkmenistan

    NCD Alliance Statement at WHO Europe Ministerial Conference on NCDs in Turkmenistan

    Analysis, Commentary & Opinion
     |  15th December 2013

    Five areas of action recommended that would help support the implementation of the Ashgabat Declaration by WHO EURO Member States.

  • UN Secretary-General's Report on Progress on NCDs

    UN Secretary-General's Report on Progress on NCDs

    Key Political Commitments
    (157.08kB)  |  10th December 2013

    Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director-General of the World Health Organization on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.

  • Silence Won't Finish the Fight AGAINST Cancer

    Silence Won't Finish the Fight AGAINST Cancer

    Videos
     |  06th December 2013

    One hundred years ago, the American Cancer Society started the fight of a lifetime -- the fight to end cancer. Back then, the word "cancer" was spoken only in whispers, and we lost almost all patients to the disease.

  • Medtronic Global NCD Initiative Overview 2011

    Medtronic Global NCD Initiative Overview 2011

    Videos
     |  05th December 2013

    This video is an overview of the work that was in progress in preparation for the UN High Level Meeting on NCDs in September of 2011. The work within the Medtronic NCD Initiative has since evolved to fit within an area of focus for Medtronic Philanthropy—expanding access to healthcare for the underserved with chronic disease worldwide. Through its Global NCD Initiative, Medtronic, a leading medical device company, is leveraging its people, products and philanthropy to lead private sector involvement in addressing this global issue. This video animation gives an overview of the problem, and how the private sector is helping to alleviate the burden.

  • Sustaining Human Development: Leveraging Early Life Opportunities to Prevent and Control NCDs

    Sustaining Human Development: Leveraging Early Life Opportunities to Prevent and Control NCDs

    Policy Briefs
    (2.09MB)  |  01st December 2013

    Addressing NCD risks and treatment in children, adolescents and youth is an issue of human rights, as well as a priority for health and sustainable human development. Research shows that the reproductive, maternal and newborn child health continuum o ers critical entry points for in uencing NCD risk later in life and the health status of individuals, families, and future generations.

  • The Recife Political Declaration on Human Resources for Health: Renewed commitments towards universal health coverage.

    The Recife Political Declaration on Human Resources for Health: Renewed commitments towards universal health coverage.

    Key Political Commitments
    (102.79kB)  |  21st November 2013

    The Recife Political Declaration on Human Resources for Health: Renewed commitments towards universal health coverage. 3rd Global Forum on Human Resources for Health