NCD Alliance and other international public health organisations have sent a letter today to President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, urging him to maintain the traffic light labelling scheme as an effective tool to tackle NCDs, reduce overweight & obesity, and improve nutrition and health.
"We won't achieve sustainable development goals for NCDS or other targets without tobacco taxes", says José Luis Castro, Chair of the NCD Alliance, in an article for The Lancet Global Health Blog.
World Heart Day on 29 September is the World Heart Federation’s (and the world’s!) biggest platform for raising awareness about cardiovascular disease.
The 2016 World Cancer Congress will take place from 31 October-3 November in Paris, France. The conference will feature a dedicated NCD Programme, including seven NCD Café Sessions.
Draft Interim Reports emerging from the ongoing WHO GCM/NCD Working Groups on the inclusion of NCDs in other programmatic areas and on the alignment of international cooperation with national plans on NCDs, are now available for comment.
Civil society representatives from the NCD Alliance network made several statements WHO Regional Committee Meeting for the Africa Region, ensuring that messages of support and urgency were clearly heard.
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