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More than half of countries are not on track to meet global targets for chronic diseases
Announcements | 21st September 2018
More than half of all countries are predicted to fail to reach the UN target to reduce premature deaths from noncommunicable diseses by 2030, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet.
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Harmful use of alcohol kills more than 3 million people each year, most of them men
Announcements | 21st September 2018
More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016, according a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today.
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Political Declaration on NCDs agreed
Announcements | 20th September 2018
The Political Declaration for the HLM on NCDs was finally agreed by Member States in New York on 19 September, ahead of the High-Level Meeting on 27 September.
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Launch of High-Level Commission report highlights NCDs’ toll in Middle East
Announcements | 19th September 2018
It’s time for political leaders in the Eastern Mediterranean to place NCDs at the top of their agendas, experts stressed at the launch of the report of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs.
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How to invigorate and intensify the NCD response, after the High-Level Meeting
Announcements | 18th September 2018
All eyes in the NCD community are on the 2018 High-Level Meeting on NCDs, on 27 September at UN Headquarters in New York. But what will happen the day after?
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UHC and NCDs agendas inextricably linked: Statement to WHO SEARO meeting
Announcements | 11th September 2018
Progress on UHC is inextricably linked to progress tackling NCDs, said NCD Alliance and other organisations in a statement to the Regional Committee Meeting of WHO's Southeast Asia region.
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Week for Action energises NCD community ahead of HLM on NCDs
Announcements | 10th September 2018
Participation online for the first Global Week for Action on NCDs (3-9 Sept., 2018) was astounding, while creativity was the hallmark of activities on the ground.
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Levels of physical activity remain dangerously low worldwide - WHO
Announcements | 05th September 2018
More than 1.4 billion adults are at risk of disease from not doing enough physical activity, says a new WHO report published in The Lancet Global Health.