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World Stroke Day 2019: Don't be the one
Announcements | 07th October 2019
In just 10 years, the lifetime risk of stroke for people over 25 increased from 1 in 6 to 1 in 4. With 90% of strokes associated with 10 modifiable risk factors, the potential impact of prevention measures is clear and that is what drives this year's World Stroke Day campaign.
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PAHO approves regional plan of action on trans fat elimination
Announcements | 07th October 2019
The Pan American Health Organization approved the regional plan of action on trans fat elimination and the supporting statement delivered by the Healthy Latin American Coalition at the the 57th Directing Council. -
UNGA74: Urgent call to bridge the gap between promises and progress on NCDs
Announcements | 01st October 2019
Last week, Presidents and Prime Ministers gathered at UN Headquarters in New York for five high-level summits on climate, universal health coverage, the SDGs, financing for development, and sustainable development.
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Join NCDA celebrating awareness days in October
Announcements | 01st October 2019
From stroke to breast cancer, many dates in October mark health-related World Days uniting the global health community in raising awareness on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
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Fueling an Unhealthy Future: Governments Urged to Redirect Subsidies from Health Harming Industries
Announcements | 26th September 2019
A new brief released today on the sidelines of the 2019 UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit and the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development challenges governments to reexamine current economic incentives to industries that harm health including fossil fuels, alcohol, and tobacco.
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Optimising the health workforce to combat NCDs and achieve UHC
Announcements | 24th September 2019
New, evidence-based policy report to enable an optimised health workforce launched by the NCD Alliance today, on the sidelines of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage in New York. -
Scaling up action on NCDs in the South-East Asia region
Announcements | 17th September 2019
The Healthy India Alliance called on WHO South-East Asia Member States at the Regional Committee to scale up action on NCDs in the region.
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NCDA members awarded for their outstanding contribution to NCD prevention and control
Announcements | 16th September 2019
The Healthy Caribbean Coalition and the Mexico Salud-Hable Coalition are two of the civil society recipients of the UN Interagency Task Force on NCDs Awards 2019.