Announcements

New WHO NCD MAP to guide policy-makers in the creation & implementation of multisectoral NCD plans

Announcements | 30th November 2016

The WHO has released a new web-based tool to guide policy-makers and practitioners through the process of developing, implementing, and monitoring national multisectoral NCD plans.
Report cards on physical activity for children and youth confirm global inactivity crisis

Announcements | 23rd November 2016

Comparisons across 38 countries from 6 continents confirm global childhood inactivity crisis and offer insights for improvement.
Global leaders agree to promote health to achieve SDGs

Announcements | 21st November 2016

Leaders from governments and United Nations organisations, city chiefs and health experts from around the world today made two landmark commitments to promote public health and eradicate poverty.
UN consultation on the right to food and the use of pesticides

Announcements | 16th November 2016

The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food will focus her next annual report to the Human Rights Council on the human rights implications of the widespread use of hazardous pesticides on human rights, in particular the right to food.
Co-chairs' statement from the 2016 WHO GCM/NCD Global Dialogue

Announcements | 10th November 2016

The WHO GCM/NCD Global Dialogue took place in Mauritius between 19 and 21 October 2016, on the role of non-State actors in supporting Member States in their national efforts to tackle NCDs as part of the 2030 Agenda. The Co-Chairs’ Statement is available on the GCM/NCD website.
WHO DG Margaret Chan calls to stop the tobacco epidemic

Announcements | 07th November 2016

"Every tobacco death is an avoidable tradedy. The epidemic must stop here", says WHO Director General Dr Chan in an op-ed published yesterday in The Guardian, before the start of the 7th Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC in India this week.
#NCDCafe at #2016WCC: lively discussions on key topics

Announcements | 03rd November 2016

The NCD Café at #2016WCC opened on Tuesday with a session on shared risk factors. Wednesday featured solutions for addressing NCDs in women. The programme ends today with a session on mHealth.
New practical guide on how to build effective NCD alliances

Announcements | 01st November 2016

How do you create an effective & sustainable NCD alliance from the ground up? Find out in our new Practical Guide.

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