NCD prevention

Rwanda, Mexico and Tanzania alliances reveal challenges for NCDs and UHC

03rd May 2021

Government representatives, CSOs and people living with NCDs came together to discuss the main challenges and policy gaps to address NCDs and Universal Health Coverage in Mexico, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Noncommunicable diseases,

NCDs,

universal health coverage,

UHC,

civil society,

NCD prevention,

NCD treatment
Dismantling remaining barriers to be trans fat free by 2023

18th November 2020

In collaboration with Resolve to Save Lives, the NCD Alliance presented a high-level virtual event on 17 November 2020 on strategies to eliminate industrially-produced trans fatty acids (iTFA) from the global food supply.

trans fats,

iTFA elimination,

NCD prevention,

nutrition,

malnutrition
Caring for eye health within the NCD and UHC responses

04th August 2020

A new policy brief by the NCD Alliance and The Fred Hollows Foundation explores the impact of preventable eye health conditions to society and health systems.

eye health,

NCD prevention,

policy brief,

The Fred Hollows Foundation
Risk Factors & Prevention

02nd May 2015

Many NCDs can be prevented by addressing diet, physical inactivity, tobacco and alcohol use and making the places we live into health enabling environments.

Rwanda, Mexico and Tanzania alliances reveal challenges for NCDs and UHC