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NCD Alliance and 50 partners call on WHO Executive Board to accelerate adoption of NCD targets
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Indonesia announces wide ranging actions to address Non-communicable Diseases
10 Jan 2012Noncommunicable diseases top priority in health agenda
Elly Burhaini Faizal, The Jakarta PostWith the number of deaths from noncommunicable diseases far greater than deaths from infectious diseases, the government has prioritized efforts to fight noncommunicable...
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Gulf Ministers of Health commit to unified action against NCD epidemic
09 Jan 2012The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), whose Ministers of Health met in Muscat, Oman earlier this week, is the first regional entity to respond, at a heads of state level, to the UN General Assembly Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs...
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World Health Organization announces consultation on global monitoring framework for NCDs
23 Dec 201120 December ׀ 2011 Geneva -- In response to paragraphs 61 and 62 of the Political Declaration of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (resolution 66/2), WHO has developed a discussion paper outlining a comprehensive global monitoring...
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Mary Robinson: Protecting all women against cervical cancer – a question of justice
23 Dec 2011Every two minutes a woman dies of cervical cancer. Not surprisingly, 90 percent of these deaths occur in the poorest countries where women often do not have access to screening tests and treatment, or they are simply too expensive. Because of the lack of these services,...
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Brazil becomes largest country in the world to go smoke-free
23 Dec 2011BRASILIA — President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday signed a law banning smoking in all enclosed public spaces in Brazil.
The new text will make Brazil, which has a population of more than 191 million, the largest country in the world to go smoke-free.
It amends a...
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Jordan forms National NCD Committee to Implement National NCD Strategy
30 Nov 2011AMMAN - Jordan is committed to implementing the National Strategy for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), as immediate action is required to create public awareness about NCDs, a Ministry of Health official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Tarawneh, director of the ministry...
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Fijian government doubles funding for NCDs after September's UN High-Level Meeting
28 Nov 2011
FIJI TIMES - The Fijian government has doubled the funding in its 2012 budgetary allocation to fight non-communicable diseases in the country. Compared to the $400,000 (US$214, 972) given this year, the government has increased funding to $800,000 (US$ 429,945) for next... -
Australia Passes Historic Legislation on Cigarette Packaging
21 Nov 2011
Tobacco giant Philip Morris is suing the Australian government over a new law making plain packaging mandatory for cigarettes from December 2012.Australia's parliament has passed legislation that means all tobacco will need to be sold in plain olive-brown...
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GAVI Gives Green Light to Cervical Cancer Vaccination in Nine Countries
21 Nov 2011
LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The GAVI international immunisations group has agreed to fund the roll-out of vaccines against cervical cancer in developing countries, offering protection against a disease that kills one woman every two minutes.Nearly 90 percent of the...