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Have your voice heard!

03 June 2011
On 16 June, the United Nations will hold a hearing on NCDs for civil-society organisations, ahead of the High-level Meeting in September – a chance for civil society (including the private sector) to voice opinions and work through priorities. As space at the...
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36.1 million people a year

29 April 2011
At the Global Forum in Russia on 27 April, a new World Health Organization report – the first Global Status Report on Non-communicable Diseases – was launched (click here >> to download it). The Report highlights the toll of NCDs – 36.1 million people...
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NGOs: pre-register for UN HLM

12 April 2011
Update: This deadline has now passed. The resolution that established the UN High-level Meeting on NCDs in September also requested that the President of the General Assembly organise an informal, interactive hearing with NGOs, civil-society organisations, the...
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‘Priority actions for NCDs’

07 April 2011
The Lancet NCD Action Group and NCD Alliance has published a new paper in the Lancet, ‘Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis’, highlighting five priority actions and five priority interventions that have the potential to reduce deaths from...
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Proposing action for the UN Summit

22 March 2011
The UN Summit on NCDs (to be held in September) will result in an Outcomes Document on action on NCDs and on 22 March, the NCD Alliance launched its own version – a Proposed Outcomes Document (click here >> ) – which consolidates the ‘asks’ of the...
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15000aday.org

18 March 2011
Around the world, 15,000 people die from the effects of tobacco – most are smokers, but a sizeable number suffer diseases caused by second-hand smoke. 15000aday.org is a new website set up by the World Lung Foundation, which highlights this terrible toll (the...
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Endemic conditions among the bottom billion

04 March 2011
Although much of the world often thinks of chronic disease as a lifestyle-choice problem of wealthy nations, the endemic disease profile among the world’s poorest is quite different. In an effort to provide a more realistic portrait of chronic illness among those...
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World Bank: threat of NCDs in S. Asia

11 February 2011
‘South Asia is at a crossroads’, the World Bank states in a new report, Capitalizing on the Demographic Transition: Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in South Asia (click here >>), with the threat of NCDs seemingly rising inexorably. The report looks...
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Heart disease and cancer days

04 February 2011
4 February is the American Heart Association’s ‘Go Red for Women’ day, on which women and men alike are encouraged to wear red to raise awareness of heart disease among women. The money raised on the day helps support the AHA’s efforts to...
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Heart and stroke: top 10 of 2010

22 December 2010
Since 1996, the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have put together a yearly list of the top 10 key scientific findings in CV and stroke research – this year, for the first time, providing a list for each area, rather than combining the...
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