chronic diseases
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Invest to protect populations from tobacco: An industry of death and disease
27th September 2022
Governments need to protect people from tobacco and the aggressive marketing strategies used by the tobacco industry.
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Rwanda NCD Alliance receives prestigious Primary Health Care Award
21st September 2022
The Rwanda NCD Alliance has been selected as a recipient of the 2022 UN Interagency Task Force and the WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award. The award recognises their work in building multisectoral collaboration on NCDs in Rwanda.
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INTERVIEW: The story behind South Africa's new NCD strategy
20th September 2022
South Africa has launched its new NCD strategy, The National Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, 2022-2027.In this interview, Dr. Vicki Pinkney-Atkinson is Director of the South African NCD Alliance, which worked with the government over eight years to complete the document discusses the process and results.
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Global Charter on Meaningful Involvement of People Living with NCDs
22nd April 2021
The Global Charter is an advocacy tool to mobilise organisations, including governments, multilateral agencies, civil society and relevant private sector around a shared understanding of meaningful involvement of People Living with NCDs, committing to put people first, mainstream and embed involvement in organisational practices and recognising the value and contribution of the lived experience and strategies to implement it.