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World Stroke Organization

World Stroke Day 2025-26 Driving Awareness & Response to Stroke Symptoms

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08 Oct 2025

For World Stroke Day on October 29th, we are asking stroke and public health stakeholders to join the global effort to drive&nbsp;awareness of stroke symptoms and the need to seek emergency medical care.To help you deliver high impact awareness activities, online and in your community, the World Stroke Organization has developed a suite of high-quality&nbsp;resources, tools, and tips. Our World St...

ArticleCardiovascular DiseaseMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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The Lancet

Strengthening non-communicable disease care in all-hazards emergencies

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16 Sep 2025

People with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are particularly vulnerable to health service disruptions resulting from conflicts, natural disasters, and major disease outbreaks. The 2018 Political Declaration of the 3rd UN High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of NCDs called for the strengthening of health system resilience to withstand emergencies due to all haza...

ArticleAccess to essential medicines and servicesEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

Roadmap on Single Pill Combination Therapies

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25 Aug 2025

The WHF Roadmap on Single-Pill Combination (SPC) highlights key roadblocks to their wider use and sets out practical solutions to overcome barriers in availability, affordability, and adoption. By scaling up SPCs, countries can improve cardiovascular health and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of a 30% reduction in premature mortality from non-communicable diseases, including CVD, by...

ArticleCardiovascular DiseaseAccess to essential medicines and servicesPrimary health care

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The Lancet

Metrics for diplomats: is mortality from non-communicable diseases increasing or decreasing?

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03 Jul 2025

Negotiations are ongoing in New York to agree the latest UN political declaration on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health.1 With 5 years left to deliver the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, diplomats will be developing a roadmap to get the world as close as possible to achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.4.1, which is to reduce premature mortality (between the a...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+8

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The International League of Dermatological Societies

ILDS Response to the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration of the Fourth High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-being

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25 Jun 2025

The International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS), an umbrella organisation of over 200 professional dermatological organisations across 104 countries, welcomes the commitment to advance global efforts on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health as reflected in the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration of the fourth high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention...

ArticleMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder Collaboration+3
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NCD Alliance

NCDA Analysis of the 78th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA78)

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24 Jun 2025

With the conclusion of the Pandemic Agreement after three years of tough negotiations, the approval of the next two-year budget, and the decision to increase country contributions by 20%, the 78th session of the World Health Assembly has shown some revival of multilateralism, but not without challenges.Read our analysis covering the major outcomes of the session and its implications for NCDs.

ArticleMultistakeholder Collaboration

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Nature Reviews Nephrology

Kidney disease is a worldwide killer. Treat it that way

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24 Apr 2025

The Nature editorial urges World Health Assembly delegates, meeting on 19 May 2025, to back a resolution led by Guatemala that would recognize chronic kidney disease (CKD)—which affects an estimated 8.5 percent of the global population and is a rapidly growing cause of premature death—as a WHO priority non-communicable disease. It argues that inclusion on the WHO’s NCD list would signal to h...

ArticleMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Palliative Medicine Reports

Palliative Care in Public Policy: Results from a Global Survey

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16 Apr 2025

Background: Public policy has been a foundational component of the World Health Organization public health model for palliative care development since 1990. There is, however, limited evidence on the existence and character of palliative care policy at the country level.Objective: To identify, report on, and map the presence of national palliative care strategies, plans, legislation, and dedicated...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+2

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HEALTH GROUPS FILE SECOND LAWSUIT AGAINST THE US FDA

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02 Apr 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 2, 2024 – The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), and the National Medical Association (NMA), represented by Christopher Leung of Leung Law PLLC, have filed a second lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the agency’s inaction on issuing a final rule banning menthol cigarettes. This...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+4

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Journal of Migration and Health

Research priorities for cardiometabolic syndrome in humanitarian settings: A global consensus-based agenda

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24 Mar 2025

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. The burden of NCDs largely falls on low- and middle- income countries, where the majority of humanitarian crises fall. Already fragile health care systems in acute and protracted crisis settings struggle to meet the increasing needs of people living with NCDs. Cardio-Metabolic Syndrome (CMS), in particular, is...

ArticleEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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BMJ Global Health

Integrating tobacco cessation in chronic respiratory disease care: a comprehensive approach to reducing the global burden

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21 Mar 2025

This newly published commentary in BMJ Global Health highlights the urgent need to integrate tobacco cessation into chronic respiratory disease (CRD) care as a key strategy to reduce the global burden of CRDs.It presents a comprehensive approach that includes strengthening smoke-free environments, enhancing hospital- and community-based cessation services, protecting vulnerable populations, and le...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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International Society of Nephrology

Systematic Scoping Review of Socioeconomic Burden and Associated Psychosocial Impact in Patients With Rare Kidney Diseases and Their Caregivers

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10 Mar 2025

Rare kidney diseases constitute a significant public health challenge but have attracted limited research investment. The evidence about the socioeconomic burden of rare kidney diseases has not been systematically examined. Such evidence is critical for generating the advocacy and awareness necessary to impel scientific and policy investment in targeted care in health systems worldwide. We aimed t...

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