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02 Dec 2022

World Health Organization

WHO NCD Lab webinar: implementing grassroots innovations to tackle obesity

Launched by the&nbsp;WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCD), the&nbsp;NCD Lab&nbsp;is a dedicated platform crowdsourcing grassroots innovation for NCD prevention and control. Bottom-up, grassroots health initiatives that mobilize community knowledge and account for local contexts often prove more effective and sustainable in addressing NCDs than externally managed, ‘top-down’ inte...

02 Dec 2022

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08 Nov 2022

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.

Childhood obesity in European Region remains high: new WHO report presents latest country data

WHO/Europe has published a new Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) report, the fifth in a series measuring trends in overweight and obesity among primary school aged children since 2007. The new report’s findings are based on the latest data gathered in 2018–2020 in 33 countries of the WHO European Region. In total, almost 411 000 children aged 6–9 years were measured. For the f...

08 Nov 2022

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04 Nov 2022

World Health Organization

Insulin and health technology manufacturers make commitments in support of WHO asks

Ahead of World Diabetes Day today, WHO hosted several private sector entities who have expressed new commitments and proposed contributions to requested WHO Asks or strengthened previous commitments to increase access to insulin and health technologies.This was part of the 3rd diabetes dialogue to support diabetes diagnosis and monitoring including access to devices such as glucose meters and poin...

04 Nov 2022

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24 Oct 2022

World Health Organization

Web-based consultation on the Framework for Meaningful Engagement of People Living with Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health conditions.

The WHO Framework for Meaningful Engagement of People Living with Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health conditions (hereby ‘The Framework’) will support WHO and Members States in the meaningful engagement of individuals with lived experience to co-create and enhance related policies, programmes, and services. The framework will&nbsp;contribute to the advancement of understanding...

24 Oct 2022

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20 Oct 2022

NCD Alliance

Invest in obesity prevention and management, save trillions

This year’s theme for the NCD Global Week for Action, ‘invest to protect,’ could not have come at a better time for the obesity community. After years of calling for more to be done about obesity, people working and living with obesity from all countries were delighted to see the World Health Assembly adopt the WHO Acceleration Plan and recommendations. Obesity is associated with 5 million d...

20 Oct 2022

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07 Sep 2022

World Health Organization

Global Week for Action on NCDs & Short film documentary on lived experience

From 5 September 2022, the 2022 Global Week for Action on NCDs seeks to ensure NCD prevention and management get the attention and action they deserve, everywhere, for everyone. On occasion of the Global Week of Action on NCDs, WHO’s GCM/NCD released a brand-new short film documentary co-developed with people living with NCDs and mental health conditions. In tackling the complex global...

07 Sep 2022

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02 Sep 2022

NCD Alliance, The George Institute

Primary care investment: key to preventing financial catastrophe from NCDs

People living with or at risk of developing an NCD, require long-term care that is proactive, patient-centred, integrated, community-based, and sustainable. Many deaths can be averted through investment in primary care, cancer care and cancer screening. Some Asian countries are paving the&nbsp;way. THIS BLOG FROM THE GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH&nbsp;(TGI) IS PART OF OUR MEMBER-AUTHORED...

02 Sep 2022

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19 Aug 2022

World Health Organization

Feature story: Grassroots innovation to beat noncommunicable diseases

In 2021, WHO launched the NCD Lab, an initiative leveraging community-driven grassroots innovations with the potential to be game changers&nbsp;in beating diseases such as cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and heart disease.&nbsp; Noncommunicable diseases kill 42 million people annually. The urgency and complexity of this epidemic call for novel, bold, and equitable approaches....

19 Aug 2022

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15 Aug 2022

Union for International Cancer Control

Podcast "Let's Talk Cancer": Obesity, nutrition and cancer

In this podcast episode of Let's Talk Cancer, Dr Elisabete Weiderpass, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) talks with Cary Adams, CEO of UICC, about obesity, nutrition and cancer. Obesity is a growing health concern worldwide. The global obesity rate has almost tripled since 1975. The World Health Organization reckons that worldwide 39% of adults are overweight...

15 Aug 2022

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31 May 2022

World Health Organization

New workplan for multisectoral and multistakeholder action: WHO’s Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions are a globally leading cause of death and disability. Cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, and diabetes – together with mental health disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, other psychoses, and dementia, – pose one of the most significant global health challenges of our time. Heads of St...

31 May 2022

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24 May 2022

World Health Organization

Health4Life Fund. A global financing partnership on non-communicable diseases and mental health

Established in 2021 by UNDP, UNICEF and WHO, the Health4Life Fund is a global financing partnership devoted to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mental health, and their development dimensions.Risks for NCDs and mental ill-health begin at young ages and continue throughout life. These often-neglected challenges affect especially those who are poor, vulnerable, or marginalized. NCDs and mental ill-...

24 May 2022

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04 Apr 2022

World Health Organization

Third Cycle of the WHO NCD Lab: Tackling obesity through innovation and global action

Are you an innovator in the field of noncommunicable disease prevention and control?&nbsp; Are you leading a novel initiative, developing an ingenious tool, or are you part of a creative team committed to tackling obesity? The third cycle of the WHO NCD Lab would like to hear and learn from you! &nbsp; Crowdsourcing innovation for an effective NCD-response Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)...

04 Apr 2022

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