26 Oct 2020
Experts at a Virtual Dialogue hosted by UICC weighed in on the inequities and bias faced by older cancer patients in accessing healthcare and their cumulative risks for COVID-19. Read more here.
26 Oct 2020
26 Oct 2020
Lung cancer kills more than 1.7 million people each year, yet with proper prevention and accessible treatment these numbers can be reduced. Read more here.
26 Oct 2020
26 Oct 2020
Significant disparities in cancer care(link is external) exist for Indigenous Peoples across the world, requiring targeted and tailored outreach to overcome the myriad challenges to closing the equity gap. Read more here.
26 Oct 2020
26 Oct 2020
September marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a moment to reflect on the particular challenges facing children who have cancer and their parents and recall the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer launched by WHO in 2018.
26 Oct 2020
26 Oct 2020
NCD Child is pleased to welcome the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) as our new Secretariat. SickKids is a world-renowned paediatric institution and is Canada’s leading centre dedicated to improving children’s health by integrating care, research and teaching.
26 Oct 2020
26 Oct 2020
In an effort to support the youth NCD community during COVID-19 we have launched the #YouthCOVIDChat campaign on Twitter.
26 Oct 2020
25 Oct 2020
The Cervical Cancer: Action for Elimination (CCAE), co-chaired by American Cancer Society, Cancer Research UK and UICC, is a community of organizations and individuals working to accelerate global progress towards cervical cancer elimination. Read more here.
25 Oct 2020
25 Oct 2020
Cancer Research UK, a full member of the NCD Alliance, was awarded the World Health Organization (WHO) World No Tobacco Day Award, in appreciation of its advocacy efforts for comprehensive tobacco control policies in the UK, and contributions to tobacco taxation research and accelerated implementation of tobacco control measures globally. Read more here.
25 Oct 2020
25 Oct 2020
Public health experts have warned that smokers and e-cigarette users face a greater risk for severe illness when confronted with COVID-19. Read more here.
25 Oct 2020
25 Oct 2020
The burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in East Africa calls for increasing NCD prevention and control in the region and media engagement is critical for raising public awareness. Read more here.
25 Oct 2020
25 Oct 2020
As part of the Our Views, Our Voices initiative, NCD Alliance has launched today a Global Consultation with People Living with NCDs to gather first-hand experiences of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations for governments to build strong, equitable and people-centred health systems and more resilient communities in the aftermath of the pandemic.
25 Oct 2020
25 Oct 2020
The rapidly growing disabilities and death arising from the harmful use of alcohol in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LAC) is a direct result of a series of deliberate tactics by the alcohol industry to influence and undermine government policy aimed at regulating the marketing, advertising and sale of alcohol at safe levels a new report has revealed.
25 Oct 2020
