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.
Research finds that as many as 66 million people in European region may be living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – yet, very few people have ever heard of this disease.
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Today is World Diabetes Day. Mohammad Y. Al-Bahar, young advocate from Kuwait, explains what means to live with Type 1 Diabetes, coping with the daily challenges of this chronic condition and the social stigma and discrimination around it.
“No Empty Shelves” project calls the public and private sector to help increase access to essential medicines and technologies for diabetes. The NCD Alliance joins over 30 global organisations partners supporting this call to action led by PATH.
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.
World Diabetes Day is celebrated annually on November 14. The theme this year is Eyes on Diabetes. Activities and materials will focus on promoting the importance of screening to ensure early diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and treatment to reduce the risk of serious complications.
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In October 2016, Scotland courts upheld legislation that paves the way to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol, on the grounds that it is effective & proportionate to protect public health and life. Learn about the bumpy advocacy and political journey towards this victory for public health.
"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.
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.