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16 Oct 2018

World Health Organization

Opinion: Reshaping the food environment to reduce NCDs

Ultraprocessed products are food and drink products that have gone through multiple stages of industrial processing, to the point where the end product contains very little real food at all, let alone any nutritional value. Not only are ultraprocessed foods full of sugar, fats, and sodium, but they are rich in additives designed to mimic and enhance the real flavor of food, which makes us consume...

16 Oct 2018

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World Health Organization

Integrating palliative care and symptom relief into primary health care. A WHO guide for planners, implementers and managers.

Guide

16 Oct 2018

The World Health Assembly has resolved that palliative care is “an ethical responsibility of health systems” and that integration of palliative care into public health care systems is essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development G...

GuideCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and services+4

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08 Oct 2018

UN Women

Sport paves the way for skills and jobs for young mothers in Brazil

After empowering hundreds of girls and young mothers in poor communities across Rio de Janeiro, the joint programme by UN Women and International Olympic Committee enters its second phase. &nbsp; &nbsp;

08 Oct 2018

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05 Oct 2018

World Health Organization

Representatives from cities around the world gather for Healthy Cities Conference

Representatives from 60 countries and more than 200 cities – roughly half of them located in the WHO European Region – have gathered in Belfast, United Kingdom, for the WHO International Healthy Cities Conference, taking place on 1–4 October. Over the course of the event, participants will take part in plenary sessions, panel discussions, workshops and site visits that aim to equip cities wi...

05 Oct 2018

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27 Sep 2018

World Health Organization

Supporting Member States to achieve the NCD-related Sustainable Development Goals targets

Remarks at UNGA side event: “Friends of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs): Supporting Member States to achieve the NCD-related Sustainable Development Goals targets”. &nbsp; Read the full article here.

27 Sep 2018

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27 Sep 2018

World Health Organization

WHO Director-General reappoints Michael R. Bloomberg as WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, has renewed the appointment of Michael R. Bloomberg as WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and Injuries, as world leaders meet at the United Nations in New York to agree steps to better address NCDs, the world’s biggest killers. “I am delighted that Mike Bloomberg has agreed to continue in h...

27 Sep 2018

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27 Sep 2018

World Health Organization

Healthier diets will help curb the spread of non-communicable diseases

While world hunger rose in 2017 for a third consecutive year, we are also observing an unprecedented rise in overweight, obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases, FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo said today.&nbsp; Speaking at the Third High-Level Event on Non-Communicable Diseases taking place on the side-lines of the&nbsp;UN General Assembly, Semedo sounded the alarm o...

27 Sep 2018

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21 Sep 2018

World Health Organization

Harmful use of alcohol kills more than 3 million people each year, most of them men

More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016, according a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today. This represents 1 in 20 deaths. More than three quarters of these deaths were among men. Overall, the harmful use of alcohol causes more than 5% of the global disease burden. &nbsp; Read the full article here.

21 Sep 2018

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19 Sep 2018

World Health Organization

WHO launches first investment case to save up to 30 million lives

WHO today published its first investment case, setting out the transformative impacts on global health and sustainable development that a fully-financed WHO could deliver over the next five years. The investment case describes how WHO, working together with its Member States and partners, will help to save up to 30 million lives, add up to 100 million years of healthy living to the world’s popul...

19 Sep 2018

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Union for International Cancer Control

Confronting the Investment Gap in Non-Communicable Disease Treatment and Care

Report

19 Sep 2018

This report aims to provide an analysis of the gap in investment in NCD treatment and care in low- and middle-income countries. We identify major factors driving the gap and hindering investment, suggest potential solutions to increase the flow of ne...

ReportCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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13 Sep 2018

World Health Organization

WHO Global Conference on NCDs, 18-20 October 2017

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Conference report of the WHO Global Conference on NCDs To help address gaps in national policies on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), the Office of the President of Uruguay and the Ministry of Health of Uruguay organized the WHO Global Conference on NC...

13 Sep 2018

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13 Sep 2018

World Health Organization

GCM/NCD Side Event: Prince Mahidol Award Conference

Bangkok, Thailand&nbsp; 30 January 2017 The WHO Global Coordination Mechanism for the Prevention and Control of NCDs (GCM/NCD) hosted a side event on 30 January 2017 at the prestigious invitation-only Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. In addition, the GCM/NCD had two speaking engagements in the main program. The WHO GCM/NCD side event entitled: NCDs and Sustainable D...

13 Sep 2018

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