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13 Oct 2023

Yvonne Arivalagan

WHO NCD Lab Innovators at the Global Forum for Adolescents: The power of young voices to counter harmful marketing practices that drive NCDs

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and mental health conditions can have a significant impact on children and adolescents. Risk factors such as physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, tobacco use and harmful use of alcohol often negatively affect child and adolescent health and wellbeing and cause poor health outcomes in adu...

13 Oct 2023

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NCD Alliance, WHO

Selling a sick future: countering harmful marketing to children and young people across risk factors and NCDs

Report

11 Oct 2023

Commercial marketing threatens human rights and is a major factor behind the global rise of NCDs – which cause 41 million deaths annually (74% of global mortality), with rising rates among children and young people in countries of all resource leve...

ReportHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+2

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11 Oct 2023

The George Institute for Global Health

Reflections from Women Deliver: championing gendered approaches to addressing non-communicable diseases

At Women Deliver 2023, The George Institute for Global Health and World Health Organization launched a global call-to-action to share evidence, best practice and learning around the gendered barriers to access for non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and care. In Korea, single mother Mrs. Kim works as a farm labourer and has a treatable heart condition. Her mai...

11 Oct 2023

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BMJ Global Health

Strengthening evidence to inform health systems: opportunities for the WHO and partners to accelerate progress on non-communicable diseases

Article

10 Oct 2023

The World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) 2013–2020 (NCD-GAP), now extended to 2030. An evaluation of the NCD-GAP, published in 2020, found that research has been th...

ArticleHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Mental health, human rights, and legislation: guidance and practice

Guide

09 Oct 2023

Laws on mental health often fail to address discrimination and human rights violations including in mental health care settings. In order to support countries in this area, the World Health Organization and the Office of the High Commissioner for Hum...

GuideMental Health and Neurological ConditionsGender, equity and human rights

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09 Oct 2023

NCD Alliance

The Philippines national NCD investment (NCDA EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS Series)

The investment approach taken by UN agencies WHO, UNDP, and the UN Inter-agency Task Force on NCDs is crucial in generating needed whole-of-government buy-in as demonstrated in the Philippines. It includes the strengthening of policies and regulations, improving access to health services, and further developing sustainable financing mechanisms. The Philippine experience shows that investing in...

09 Oct 2023

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NCD Alliance

The battle for better brain health

Publication

09 Oct 2023

One in seven people suffers from migraines, including 10% of children, but the winners of the 2021 Brain Prize may have a cure. Migraines have long been attributed to stress, but scientists have now found a chemical trigger called CGRP and have devel...

PublicationMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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09 Oct 2023

NCD Alliance

New fund for NCDs to spark country action

NCDs account for 74% of all global deaths, 41 million people each year, yet they attract a miniscule fraction of global health financing. So situating them within other regional and global health movements, such as advocacy for Universal Health Coverage, is key to raising their profile and boosting support for NCD care and prevention, explains Dr. Douglas Webb in this episode of the NCD Alliance p...

09 Oct 2023

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NCD Alliance

An NCD civil society response in support of the 2023 Bridgetown Declaration

Declaration

09 Oct 2023

This NCD Civil Society Response in Support of the 2023 Bridgetown Declaration provides key messages and follow-up recommendations by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition and the NCD Alliance.&nbsp; &nbsp; It represents civil society’s ongoing cont...

DeclarationMultistakeholder CollaborationEnvironment, climate change and health

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NCD Alliance, RTI International

Spending Wisely: Exploring the economic and societal benefits of integrating HIV/AIDS and NCDs service delivery

Report

09 Oct 2023

&nbsp;Key messages The integration of HIV and NCD services can deliver wider health impacts than standalone disease-specific care, including improved NCD outcomes and sustaining or even improving HIV outcomes. These are due to clinical, functio...

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08 Oct 2023

World Hepatitis Alliance

World Hepatitis Day 2023 - We're not waiting - Beating hepatitis and cancer together

Hepatitis B virus is an oncogenic virus that causes liver cancer at the same rate as someone who actively smokes one pack of cigarettes per day. Yet, we wait to treat hepatitis B infected patients until they develop liver disease before initiating treatment. The WHO 'Best buys' document provides recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, and recently...

08 Oct 2023

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08 Oct 2023

World Diabetes Foundation

Diabetes Compass: A screening campaign with communities at heart

By the end of this year, a diabetes screening tool that will enable community workers to easily screen people is ready to be launched in the two partner countries Sri Lanka and Tanzania. &nbsp; To make sure that the new tool is adapted to the communities' needs and cultural practices, and that it will empower them to improve their health through screening and prevention, the Digital Health t...

08 Oct 2023

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