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<!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: ▪️ field--node--title--news-and-events.html.twig ✅ field--node--title.html.twig ▪️ field--node--news-and-events.html.twig ▪️ field--title.html.twig ▪️ field--string.html.twig ▪️ field.html.twig --> <!-- 💡 BEGIN CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> As Global Warming Surpasses Limits of Human Survival, Non-Communicable Diseases Need to be on COP28 Agenda <!-- END CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' -->

29 Aug 2023

Health Policy Watch

As Global Warming Surpasses Limits of Human Survival, Non-Communicable Diseases Need to be on COP28 Agenda

The 28th United Nations climate conference, scheduled to open on 30 November in Dubai, has pledged to elevate health issues, but non-communicable diseases – which are set to become dramatically worse as temperatures rise – are nowhere on the agenda. Prevention of climate– and heat-related diseases need to be on the formal Conference of Parties (COP) 28 negotiating agenda – not just on the...

29 Aug 2023

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23 Aug 2023

World Health Organization

Feminist, rights-based solutions to address NCDs: Integrating NCD services and digital health solutions into primary health care.

Towards a global call-to-action to close the gender health gap At the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 67) in March 2023, global leaders, researchers, and advocates highlighted the disproportionate burden of NCD and associated risk factors and persistent gaps faced by women and girls in accessing NCD-related information, prevention, timely diagnosis, services, and supp...

23 Aug 2023

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31 Jul 2023

World Lung Cancer Day, August 1

On World Lung Cancer Day, August 1, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) stresses the importance of understanding lung cancer risk factors, as well as the importance of early detection through screening and treatment.

31 Jul 2023

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18 Jul 2023

World Health Organization

Feminist, rights-based solutions to address NCDs: Scaling-up grassroots innovations to create equitable solutions for NCD prevention and control.

Towards a global call-to-action to close the gender health gap At the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 67) in March 2023, global leaders, researchers, and advocates highlighted the disproportionate burden of NCD and associated risk factors and persistent gaps faced by women and girls in accessing NCD-related information, prevention, timely diagnosis, services, and supp...

18 Jul 2023

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08 Jul 2023

Chatham House

Experts convene at Chatham House to discuss global health funding solutions

A major event was held at Chatham House on 6 July 2023, seeking to address serious issues in the funding of global health priorities.&nbsp; The event, ‘Decision-making in international health financing’ saw Chatham House draw on its unique network to convene 80 leading figures from organizations including the WHO, World Bank, universities, private sector, NGOs, think tanks, philanthropic or...

08 Jul 2023

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13 Jun 2023

World Health Organization

SIDS Ministerial Conference Panel: Multisector collaboration to address NCD risk factors and commercial determinants

At the SIDS Ministerial Conference on NCDs and Mental Health in Barbados, the Global NCD Platform is moderating a panel on multisector collaboration to address NCD risk factors and commercial determinants. Small Island Development States (SIDS) are disproportionately affected by the NCD burden and have one of the highest NCD rates globally. Some fifty-two percent of people living with NCDs in...

13 Jun 2023

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29 May 2023

NCD Alliance

WHO Health for All report challenges leaders to adopt new approaches to health and the economy

Millions of excess deaths globally and 100 million people pushed into poverty in 2020 alone — these are some of the devastating legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic, an avoidable catastrophe that served as a brutal wake-up call to prioritise population health. It also demonstrated that health, the planet and the economy are inextricably linked, says a bold WHO report that proposes a whole new&nbsp;...

29 May 2023

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10 May 2023

World Health Organization

Launch of the WHO Framework for Meaningful Engagement of People Living with NCDs and Mental Health and Neurological Conditions Communications Package

This May, WHO launches a new technical product called the WHO Framework for Meaningful Engagement of People Living with NCDs and Mental Health and Neurological Conditions. The objective of the framework is to support WHO and Members States in meaningfully engaging people living with NCDs, and mental health and neurological conditions (hereafter referred to as “individuals with lived experienc...

10 May 2023

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09 May 2023

The George Institute & NCD Alliance

New report confirms devastating financial impact of NCDs on households and a crippling lack of data

Literature review on out-of-pocket spending led by The George Institute for Global Health and NCD Alliance confirms devastating financial impact of NCDs on households in low- and middle-income countries alongside a crippling lack of data.&nbsp; &nbsp; A new 2023 umbrella review of recent literature on out-of-pocket spending for noncommunicable disease (NCD) treatment and care confirms that poor...

09 May 2023

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05 May 2023

The George Institute for Global Health

Health and economic impacts of non-communicable diseases on women in Mexico to be explored through new collaboration

The George Institute for Global Health and the Mexican National Institute of Public Health (INSP) announced that they are collaborating on a research project exploring the health and economic impacts of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on women in Mexico. The 20-month project, which is funded by the Mexican Association of Pharmaceutical Research (AMIIF), employs mixed methods to deliver evidenc...

05 May 2023

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15 Apr 2023

NCD Child

Stop Targeting Us!: Influencer Marketing And Unhealthy Commodities Advertising Aimed At Children And Youth In Digital Spaces

The marketing of unhealthy commodities aimed at children and young people is recognized&nbsp;as an effective strategy to induce greater consumption of many products. These strategies&nbsp;have become more diversified and sophisticated in recent years to reach their target&nbsp;audiences through digital spaces such as the use of apps, smartphones, tablets and social&nbsp; media – all allow differ...

15 Apr 2023

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12 Apr 2023

World Health Organization

People Power – introducing WHO’s new “Intention to action” Series to enhance the meaningful engagement of people with lived experience.

Entitled “Intention to action”, WHO is launching a new publication series dedicated to the meaningful engagement of people living with noncommunicable diseases, mental health conditions and neurological conditions. The series is tackling both an evidence gap and a lack of standardized approaches on how to include people with lived experience into decision- and policy-making, and will provide a...

12 Apr 2023

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