Nutrition can be a driver of change or a barrier to progress, and, according to the Global Nutrition Report being released on September 15 in London, there are actions leaders of every country should be taking to end malnutrition in all its forms.
Today, over 46 million people are living with dementia, and by 2050 this number will have risen to 131.5 million. In just three years’ time, the global economic cost of dementia will reach US $1 trillion.
On 9-10 July the WHO South East Asia Regional Office (WHO SEARO) and the NCD Alliance hosted the first-ever regional meeting for NCD civil society, bringing together 95 participants from 9 of the 11 SEAR countries.
Combined comments submitted by members of the Health in Post-2015 NGO Coalition and other civil society organizations on the final draft of the outcome document for the UN Summit to adopt the Post‐2015 Development Agenda.
The major outcome of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3), which concluded yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was the adoption of an outcome document containing a series of measures to renew and enhance global commitments for financing sustainable development.
What are the most effective means of sustainable financing for prevention and control of NCDs? This question set the tone for the side event held last Tuesday 14 July, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the margins of the Third International Conference of Financing for Development (FFD3).
We are pleased to announce the launch of the WHO SEARO and NCD Alliance mapping of civil society organisations working to prevent and control NCDs in the South East Asia Region (SEAR).
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