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.
The NCD Alliance with 6 other organisations supported a joint statement delivered by the World Cancer Research Fund, to the WHO European Ministerial Conference on Nutrition and Non-Communicable Diseases in July 2013. It noted highlights and achievements, and set out three key recommendations for Member States: - Ensure a healthier media environment for our children; - Create a healthy food environment in schools; - Improve the quality of the food supply.
The post-2015 development agenda will build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in which health is a core component. This agenda will focus on human development, incorporate the components of the Millennium Declaration, and will be made sustainable by support from the social, economic, and environmental domains of activity, represented graphically as the strands of a triple helix... (Alleyne, Binagwaho, Haines, Jahan, Nugent, Rojhani, & Stuckler, The Lancet Non-Communicable Diseases Series 2013)
UN Member States unanimously adopted the Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases on Monday 19 September 2011 during the opening of the High-level Meeting (HLM) on NCDs at the UN in New York. NCDA closely followed the drafting of the Political Declaration, advocating for specific NCD policy “asks” to ensure Member States produced the most comprehensive and effective document possible. While not all NCDA asks were included in the Declaration, it provides a strong foundation that will accelerate international efforts to prevent and control NCDs and provide a roadmap for action on NCDs worldwide.