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20 Oct 2022
This year’s theme for the NCD Global Week for Action, ‘invest to protect,’ could not have come at a better time for the obesity community. After years of calling for more to be done about obesity, people working and living with obesity from all countries were delighted to see the World Health Assembly adopt the WHO Acceleration Plan and recommendations. Obesity is associated with 5 million d...
20 Oct 2022
07 Sep 2022
From 5 September 2022, the 2022 Global Week for Action on NCDs seeks to ensure NCD prevention and management get the attention and action they deserve, everywhere, for everyone. On occasion of the Global Week of Action on NCDs, WHO’s GCM/NCD released a brand-new short film documentary co-developed with people living with NCDs and mental health conditions. In tackling the complex global...
07 Sep 2022
02 Sep 2022
People living with or at risk of developing an NCD, require long-term care that is proactive, patient-centred, integrated, community-based, and sustainable. Many deaths can be averted through investment in primary care, cancer care and cancer screening. Some Asian countries are paving the way. THIS BLOG FROM THE GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH (TGI) IS PART OF OUR MEMBER-AUTHORED...
02 Sep 2022
19 Aug 2022
In 2021, WHO launched the NCD Lab, an initiative leveraging community-driven grassroots innovations with the potential to be game changers in beating diseases such as cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and heart disease. Noncommunicable diseases kill 42 million people annually. The urgency and complexity of this epidemic call for novel, bold, and equitable approaches....
19 Aug 2022
15 Aug 2022
In this podcast episode of Let's Talk Cancer, Dr Elisabete Weiderpass, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) talks with Cary Adams, CEO of UICC, about obesity, nutrition and cancer. Obesity is a growing health concern worldwide. The global obesity rate has almost tripled since 1975. The World Health Organization reckons that worldwide 39% of adults are overweight...
15 Aug 2022
31 May 2022
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions are a globally leading cause of death and disability. Cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, and diabetes – together with mental health disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, other psychoses, and dementia, – pose one of the most significant global health challenges of our time. Heads of St...
31 May 2022
24 May 2022
Established in 2021 by UNDP, UNICEF and WHO, the Health4Life Fund is a global financing partnership devoted to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mental health, and their development dimensions.Risks for NCDs and mental ill-health begin at young ages and continue throughout life. These often-neglected challenges affect especially those who are poor, vulnerable, or marginalized. NCDs and mental ill-...
24 May 2022
04 Apr 2022
Are you an innovator in the field of noncommunicable disease prevention and control? Are you leading a novel initiative, developing an ingenious tool, or are you part of a creative team committed to tackling obesity? The third cycle of the WHO NCD Lab would like to hear and learn from you! Crowdsourcing innovation for an effective NCD-response Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)...
04 Apr 2022
28 Feb 2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a Call for Submissions and inviting its Member States to share their experiences on implementing multisectoral actions to strengthen collaboration across government sectors for the prevention and control of NCDs and mental health conditions. This Call for Submissions is intending to map country-level experiences and select those that will be part...
28 Feb 2022
15 Dec 2021
Past epidemics showed us the importance of resilient health systems. The COVID-19 pandemic brought into sharp focus the importance of resilient societies. The 10th Global Conference on Health Promotion on 13-15 December 2021 marked the start of a global movement on the concept of well-being in societies. A focus on well-being encourages different sectors to work together to address global challeng...
15 Dec 2021
15 Dec 2021
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), like cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease and stroke, represent a soaring 74% of global deaths. The legacy of chronic under-investment in NCDs has exacerbated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, NCDs received only 1.6% of official development assistance (ODA) for health. Given the complexities imposed by the pandemic on global health architectu...
15 Dec 2021
13 Dec 2021
Biggest ever financial commitment to childhood cancer medicines in low- and middle-income countries The World Health Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital today announced plans to establish a platform that will dramatically increase access to childhood cancer medicines around the world. The Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines, the first of its kind, wi...
13 Dec 2021
