Find all the NCD Alliance publications and the most recent global data on NCDs.
This section includes the latest NCD Alliance publications, such as policy briefs and analysis, progress tracking and advocacy toolkits, and our annual reports.
Part of a WHO SEARO Advocacy Docket entitled 'Together We Can: Prevent and Control the World's Most Common Diseases.
Five areas of action recommended that would help support the implementation of the Ashgabat Declaration by WHO EURO Member States.
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director-General of the World Health Organization on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
One hundred years ago, the American Cancer Society started the fight of a lifetime -- the fight to end cancer. Back then, the word "cancer" was spoken only in whispers, and we lost almost all patients to the disease.
This video is an overview of the work that was in progress in preparation for the UN High Level Meeting on NCDs in September of 2011. The work within the Medtronic NCD Initiative has since evolved to fit within an area of focus for Medtronic Philanthropy—expanding access to healthcare for the underserved with chronic disease worldwide. Through its Global NCD Initiative, Medtronic, a leading medical device company, is leveraging its people, products and philanthropy to lead private sector involvement in addressing this global issue. This video animation gives an overview of the problem, and how the private sector is helping to alleviate the burden.
Addressing NCD risks and treatment in children, adolescents and youth is an issue of human rights, as well as a priority for health and sustainable human development. Research shows that the reproductive, maternal and newborn child health continuum o ers critical entry points for in uencing NCD risk later in life and the health status of individuals, families, and future generations.
The Recife Political Declaration on Human Resources for Health: Renewed commitments towards universal health coverage. 3rd Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
In this report, the European Respiratory Society, on behalf of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies, provides an overview of the 'Big 5' respiratory diseases (COPD, asthma, acute respiratory infections, tuberculosis, and lung cancer), and recommendations to combat them.