NCD Alliance

In preparation for World Heart Day, the World heart Federation is implementing a social media campaign engaging individuals across the world. An online global petition has been launched which calls on national and international leaders to recognize the global burden of CVD and to prioritize the need for heart healthy environments.

The 45th Summit of the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau from concluded on 1st August. During this summit a Forum Communiqué was adopted, with very positive implications for the NCD Response in the Pacific Region, and a key milestone in a longer term developing recognition of NCDs in the Region.

Leaders committed to support the Pacific Partnership for a Multi-sector Approach to Prevent and Control NCDs to be launched at the Third Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa in September. 

The International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) proposes to declare the 27th July as Head Neck Cancer Day. Please sign the petition using the link below.

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10 July, New York- At a side event in the margins of the UN NCD Review, PAHO/WHO urged governments to adopt salt intake reduction strategies as part of an overall effort to reduce preventable deaths from hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and other NCDs.

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Starting on 14 July, World Cancer Research Fund International is accepting grant applications to research the link between diet, nutrition, body composition, physical activity and cancer prevention and survival. Applications must be submitted online by 10 October 2014. Click here for more information and to apply.

The UICC has released its NCD Program for the 2014 World Cancer Congress. The World Cancer Congress is holding a NCD Program in acknowledgement that the challenges and successes experienced within the cancer community are applicable and shared by all of the NCDs communities. Click here to see the program. 

The WHO and Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) have colaunched a paper on tobacco and dementia, discussing links between smoking and the risk of developing dementia. The paper also suggests both population level and individual level interventions to address this health burden. Click here to read the paper.

In the margins of the UN NCD Review, the Lancet NCD Action Group and the NCD Alliance are pleased to announce the launch of NCD Countdown 2025, an accoutnability initiative designed to capture NCD responses at the country level in order to improve government accountability and accelerate action among all stakeholders.

Click here to read our commentary in The Lancet.

We are pleased to announce the Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) as the third global partner to join the NCD Alliance Steering Group.

The British Medical Association has voted to outlaw smoking in the UK, initially to anyone born after the year 2000.

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Image: A group of children with cigarettes in Jakarta, Indonesia. © 2013 Sarah V. Harlan/JHU•CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare