Addressing Diabetes and NCDs in Sub-Saharan Africa
27 May 2025
Dialogue
27 May 2025
We welcome the Zero Draft’s focus on leadership, equity, and integrated, people-centred care. We are particularly encouraged by the inclusion of older people, long-term care, and the life-course approach.However, we remain concerned by the continue...
27 May 2025
The Fourth UN High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of NCDs in 2025 (HLM4) is a critical moment for governments to commit to action that will keep alive the ambition of achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2030 target 3.4 to re...
25 May 2025
by Sarah Kline. What a week! The World Health Assembly (WHA) gathers health ministers and the health community from around the world. Mental health is firmly on the global and national agenda, and we have left Geneva feeling optimistic and energised. Mental health had the highest profile at a WHA that we’ve ever seen, and for all the right reasons:Numerous governments committed to actO...
25 May 2025
Strategy document
25 May 2025
This document presents the oral health community’s response to the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration for the Fourth High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and the Promoti...
Publication
24 May 2025
A new study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine provides critical insights into the incidence and outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) among children and adolescents, filling a longstanding gap in epidemiological data on this serious co...
Database
23 May 2025
TEM focuses on how we can achieve and plan for a tobacco-free California using policy and people power. In each episode, we’ll engage subject matter experts to discuss niche topics within tobacco control and highlight California-specific progress a...
Database
23 May 2025
The Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance (STPA) is a global coalition of 100 public health organizations, listed below, who recognize the crucial intersection of tobacco control and environmental health.
23 May 2025
ADI is pleased to share that in May 2025, Member States at the 78th World Health Assembly have agreed to extend the Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia by 6-years, marking a momentous decision, that will have an impact for decades to come, for the more than 55 million people who presently are living with dementia and the 139 million that are forecast to live with the condi...
23 May 2025
23 May 2025
On May 19th, the World Diabetes Foundation co-organized a flagship event with the International Diabetes Federation titled "Digital Health Transformation in the Global NCD Response – A Call for Unified Approaches and Scaled Investment." Digital health solutions offer valuable opportunities to enhance patient care and make quality healthcare more accessible, particularly fo...
23 May 2025
Report
23 May 2025
The tenth WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic tracks the progress made by countries in tobacco control since 2008. The MPOWER technical package was designed to help countries adopt the demand-reduction measures of the WHO Framework Convention o...