24 Apr 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened gender fault lines in our societies, and increased women’s exposure to the drivers of chronic diseases. As we mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, the NCD Lab on Women and Girls is reaching out for solutions. For more info, click Access.
24 Apr 2021
24 Apr 2021
VicHealth is seeking to support hundreds of grassroots organisations across the state to help their communities reconnect and improve their health following the impact of coronavirus and 2020 bushfires. Click Access, for more info.
24 Apr 2021
24 Apr 2021
The Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC) has today released ‘Brands off our kids!’, a report highlighting the tactics used by the processed food industry to target children with unhealthy food marketing and calling on government to set higher standards and stop the processed food industry setting its own rules.
24 Apr 2021
24 Apr 2021
Health promotion foundation VicHealth has welcomed the final report of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. VicHealth applauds the leadership of courageous Victorians with lived experience whose contribution resulted in crucial recommendations to help rebuild Victoria’s mental health system. For more info, click Access.
24 Apr 2021
24 Apr 2021
Thousands more Victorian women, including many from bushfire-affected communities, will have the chance to get active and meet new people in 2021, thanks to $830,000 in new VicHealth funding to expand highly popular social sport programs. For more, click Access.
24 Apr 2021
24 Apr 2021
India held the world’s first national GDM Awareness Day on March 10 – raising awareness about the link between maternal health and diabetes nationwide, and inviting pregnant women to hospitals and clinics for free screening. Read the full story by clicking below link.
24 Apr 2021
24 Apr 2021
WDF's 2021 fundraiser project will reduce diabetes risk factors in Sololá's indigenous communities by targeting the diet and lifestyle decision-makers: women. The project will prevent diabetes in Sololá’s indigenous communities by targeting the community’s diet and lifestyle decision-makers: women. Guatemala’s Sololá region, with its sparkling lake ringed by volcanoes, is exceptiona...
24 Apr 2021
Publication
15 Apr 2021
The document discusses the challenges faced by refugees in managing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights how refugees are at an increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes due to pre-existing NCDs, compounded by s...
Publication
14 Apr 2021
This report results from the 3-day WHO Informal Consultation on People Living with NCDs (PLWNCDs), which was held from December 9-11. 2020. It outlines the participatory methods, main themes discussed and key next...
Guide
12 Apr 2021
OverviewThis WHO technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration builds upon the 2010 WHO technical manual on tobacco tax administration by further detailing the strategies for effective tobacco tax policy development, design, implementatio...
Guide
12 Apr 2021
This WHO technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration builds upon the 2010 WHO technical manual on tobacco tax administration by further detailing the strategies for effective tobacco tax policy development, design, implementation and ad...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
09 Apr 2021
A recent policy brief produced by the GACD Multimorbidity Working Group highlights the evidence and practice gaps related to multimorbidity in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The objective of the policy brief is to provide funders and policy...
