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Over 1 million adolescents aged 10-19 years die every year from largely preventable causes The leading causes of death for adolescents are:..
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13 Mar 2020
Each year, over 300,000 children and adolescents aged between 0-19 years old are diagnose..
12 Mar 2020
Obesity organisations around the world are coming together on 4 March 2020 to mark World Obesity Day and call for more comp..
04 Mar 2020
The NCD Alliance is pleased to announce a new partnership with Direct Relief, a global NGO that provides direct and targeted assistance to people i..
No single country is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their futures, finds a landmark report released today by a Co..
19 Feb 2020
On the occasion of marking the first year of the KAP, the World Health Organization (WHO) is today launching the ‘Knowledge Action Portal 2019 Co..
28 Nov 2019
New York, 25 September 2019 - In the margins of the 74th United Nations General Assembly, the World Health Organization, together with the&nbs..
01 Oct 2019
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living in countries that have introduced smoking ban..
07 Aug 2019
It's been a busy first half of the year for NCD Child and its supporters! As the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage ..
06 Aug 2019
Two new studies from WHO/Europe show that a high proportion of baby foods are incorrectly marketed as suitable for infants under the age of 6 month..
22 Jul 2019
WDF signed four new projects in Africa and central Asia in the first half of 2019, and approved several others that are now in the final phases of ..
10 Jul 2019
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day (31 May), the World Health Organization is highlighting the damage tobacco causes to lung health: over 40% of all tob..
09 Jul 2019