24 Apr 2021
NCD Alliance and The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response invite you to a virtual public town-hall meeting titled 'Noncommunicable diseases: Affecting and affected by COVID-19' on: Thursday 25 March 2021 at 11:00 a.m. CET. Click Access, for more.
24 Apr 2021
24 Apr 2021
‘NCDs on the pandemic frontline’ highlights the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on health systems and people living with noncommunicable diseases. For more info, click Access.
24 Apr 2021
24 Apr 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened gender fault lines in our societies, and increased women’s exposure to the drivers of chronic diseases. As we mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, the NCD Lab on Women and Girls is reaching out for solutions. For more info, click Access.
24 Apr 2021
26 Oct 2020
The COVID19 pandemic has not spared Sri Lanka and the government imposed a curfew for the entire territory on 20 March 2020. After a week, health facilities experienced a shortage in the supply of essential medicines and NCD Alliance Lanka mobilised their network to assess the needs and ensure people living with Type 1 diabetes in the country continue to access their life-saving treatment.
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
Kenyan advocates call the government to put people living with NCDs at the centre of COVID-19 response.
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
25 Oct 2020
The 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA75) has adopted a special Omnibus Resolution titled "Comprehensive and coordinated response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic." In the Resolution governments commit to "strengthen efforts to address NCDs as a part of UHC and to recognise that people living with NCDs (PLWNCDs) are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms and am...
25 Oct 2020
