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The Tobacco Atlas, Fifth Edition and its companion website, were unveiled yesterday by the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation at the 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health.

La Guía para la Incidencia Política de la Alianza de ENT ya está disponible en español. 

On 16 and 17 March 2015, WHO hosted in Geneva its first Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia. 80 countries joined experts from the research, clinical and advocacy communities to discuss how, collectively, they could move forward action on dementia at the global level.

What would a more dementia friendly world look like? This new booklet from Alzheimer’s Disease International explores how Dementia Friendly Communities (DFCs) are making a difference all around the globe.

On 16 and 17 March 2015, WHO will be hosting its first Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia. Ministers from around the world, as well as experts from the research, clinical and NGO communities, are coming together in Geneva for the first time to discuss the global problems posed by dementia.

The aim of the conference is to raise awareness of the socio-economic burden created by dementia, and to highlight that this burden can be reduced if the world collectively commits to placing dementia high on the global public health agenda.

The 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) will be held from 17 to 21 March 2015 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is the world's largest gathering of tobacco control advocates, policy makers, researchers, public health and clinical experts.

Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, World Health Organisation Director. General Dr Margaret Chan, and Michael R Bloomberg will be among the speakers to address delegates to the WCTOH.

12 March is World Kidney Day. The Theme for 2015 is "Kidney Health For All". Between 8-10% of the global adult population have some form of kidney damage, and every year millions die prematurely of complications related to Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).

Factors which can lead to an increased risk of CKD include diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, smoking and obesity.

Do you want to know more? Visit the campaign website

@worldkidneyday

The NCD Alliance's new "Advocacy Toolkit on NCDs in Post-2015 Development Agenda" is available for download as a navigable PDF.

8 March is International Women's Day!

International Women's Day is the time to celebrate and reflect on the contributions that women make, and take stock of what remains to be done to advance the status of women worldwide and achieve gender equality.

Theme for 2015: MAKE IT HAPPENre

NCDs are the leading cause of death in women, killing a staggering 14 million women globally each year - increasingly impacting on women in developing countries, and during the prime of their lives.

In marking International Women’s Day on March 8, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), and the NCD Alliance  are calling for recognition of gestational diabetes as a priority maternal and newborn health issue, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where a woman’s lifetime risk of dying during pregnancy or childbirth is 1 in 38, compared to 1 in 3,700 in the developed word.