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
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
25 Oct 2020
Ghana NCD Alliance was awarded and recognised for their efforts to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) with an award from the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (UNIATF). The award was presented by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).
25 Oct 2020
