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03 Jul 2025

Movendi International

WHO Launches New Initiative to Raise Pro-Health Taxes and Save Millions of Lives

The World Health Organisation’s new “3 by 35” Initiative urges governments to raise the real prices of alcohol, tobacco, and sugary drinks by at least 50% by 2035. Backed by Movendi International and other global partners, the initiative aims to prevent 50 million premature deaths, generate $1 trillion in revenue, and reduce harm from noncommunicable diseases.Evidence from countries like Sri...

03 Jul 2025

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02 Jul 2025

NCD Alliance

NCDA statement on the WHO "3 by 35" initiative to increase real prices on tobacco, alcohol and SSBs

Statement by Alison Cox, Director of Policy and Advocacy, NCD Alliance On WHO "3 by 35" Initiative urging countries to raise real prices on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks by at least 50% by&nbsp;2035NCD Alliance fully backs the WHOs "3 by 35" initiative because raising taxes on unhealthy products delivers a triple win - saving lives, reducing health costs, and generating much needed revenue....

02 Jul 2025

<!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: ▪️ field--node--title--news-and-events.html.twig ✅ field--node--title.html.twig ▪️ field--node--news-and-events.html.twig ▪️ field--title.html.twig ▪️ field--string.html.twig ▪️ field.html.twig --> <!-- 💡 BEGIN CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> Global health leaders urge UN to prioritize kidney disease in the Political Declaration of the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs <!-- END CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' -->

01 Jul 2025

International Society of Nephrology

Global health leaders urge UN to prioritize kidney disease in the Political Declaration of the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs

In a powerful open letter issued in June 2025, leading organizations from the global kidney health community are urging United Nations Member States to explicitly include kidney disease in the Political Declaration of the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs scheduled for September 25, 2025.&nbsp;The open letter highlights the economic and health benefits of early intervention. For every dollar spent...

01 Jul 2025

<!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: ▪️ field--node--title--news-and-events.html.twig ✅ field--node--title.html.twig ▪️ field--node--news-and-events.html.twig ▪️ field--title.html.twig ▪️ field--string.html.twig ▪️ field.html.twig --> <!-- 💡 BEGIN CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> Embedding Lived Experience in Cancer Control: A Practice of Equity, Cultural Sensitivity, and Systemic Change <!-- END CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' -->

27 Jun 2025

Carolyn Taylor

Embedding Lived Experience in Cancer Control: A Practice of Equity, Cultural Sensitivity, and Systemic Change

About this SeriesThis article is part of the Lived Experience Perspectives Series, which features firsthand accounts from individuals living with noncommunicable diseases, mental health, or neurological conditions. Each piece highlights one of the key advocacy messages from the WHO Symposium on the Meaningful Engagement of People Living with NCDs, Mental Health, and Neurological Conditions, contri...

27 Jun 2025

<!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: ▪️ field--node--title--news-and-events.html.twig ✅ field--node--title.html.twig ▪️ field--node--news-and-events.html.twig ▪️ field--title.html.twig ▪️ field--string.html.twig ▪️ field.html.twig --> <!-- 💡 BEGIN CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> Global call for access to RSV vaccination for all children worldwide <!-- END CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' -->

26 Jun 2025

Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS)

Global call for access to RSV vaccination for all children worldwide

Utrecht, 26 June – In a joint appeal published in The Lancet, 44 leading scientific and social organisations from across the globe including The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) &nbsp;and its partner organisations, are calling on Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to take urgent action to save millions of young lives by protecting them against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).GAVI i...

26 Jun 2025

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17 Jun 2025

The impacts of US Government Funding Cuts on Global Mental Health

This year’s funding cuts by the US Government (on funds such as USAID and PEPFAR) and other countries' reduction of aid have been felt intensely around the world. Our joint work between the Global Mental Health Action Network and the Mental Health Innovation Network now outlines for the first time the impact of these funding cuts on global mental health.&nbsp;These cuts have come in a context of...

17 Jun 2025

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13 Jun 2025

World Health Organization

From Policy to Impact: Empowering Countries to Scale Up Action on NCDs and Mental Health

Explore how global political commitments can be transformed into tangible impacts in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This video highlights essential enablers for country action following United Nations High-Level Meetings, including sustainable financing, integrated service delivery, context-specific implementation research, and multisectoral collaboration. It unders...

13 Jun 2025

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05 Jun 2025

World Health Organization

WHA78: Key decisions advancing the global NCD and mental health agenda ahead of HLM4

At the&nbsp;seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78), Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) discussed and approved several milestone decisions to advance the global response to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions. Landmark resolutions on lung and kidney health, a dedicated World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day, and plans to scale up eye, hearing care and...

05 Jun 2025

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02 Jun 2025

World Health Organization, Chiara Servili

Children and young people’s mental health: the case for action

One in seven adolescents has a mental health condition. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people globally. Without support, mental health conditions can negatively impact children and young people’s (CYP) education, employment and relationships, limiting life trajectories. Timely care and enabling environments can improve outcomes and reduce long-term costs. Every dollar in...

02 Jun 2025

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02 Jun 2025

Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS)

FIRS Hails World Health Assembly Resolution as Turning Point for Lung Health

The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) applauds the World Health Assembly’s (WHA) adoption of the Integrated Lung Health Resolution, a critical step towards integrating lung health into universal health coverage, and closing the gaps that cost millions of lives each year.Representing the world’s leading professional respiratory societies, FIRS commends the WHA for formally rec...

02 Jun 2025

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30 May 2025

Associacao de Diabetes Juvenil

ForumCCNTs' and partners' response to Zero Draft of the Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health 2025

The Intersectoral Forum of Noncommunicable Conditions in Brazil (FórumCCNTs), in partnership with specialists and representatives from various partner institutions who jointly signed the document, submitted a technical letter to the Minister of Health, Dr. Alexandre Padilha. The letter requests that Brazil propose the inclusion of three strategic themes currently absent from the Zero Draft of the...

30 May 2025

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30 May 2025

United for Global Mental Health

UnitedGMH’s letter on the development of the HLM NCDs and Mental Health Political Declaration

As governments worldwide begin to discuss the Political Declaration (PD) for the UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on NCDs and Mental Health, it's a pivotal moment.This global moment will offer a unique chance to shape global health commitments to progress towards quality mental health support for all.Today we are releasing a document that entails some crucial thoughts and considerations for governments...

30 May 2025

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