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What the revision of the WHO Essential Medicines List means for NCDs
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WHO Member State briefing on HLM4: Broad support for Political Declaration
Walk the Talk webinar focuses on social participation in the post-HLM response
Impact Report: Global Week for Action on NCDs 2024–2025 sets new benchmarks for global leadership 
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NCDA Advocacy Webinar: 2025 Q4 Universal Health Coverage Day
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Cancer
India’s journey towards cervical cancer elimination
1 minute 20 seconds
Health systems
Bridging the medicines access gap: UNGA 80 Event Report
4 minutes
Health systems
Strengthening the Health Workforce for NCDs: UNGA 80 Event Report
4 minutes
Global Week for Action on NCDs
Young researchers shaping the future
21 minutes
Global Week for Action on NCDs
Small island, big moves on NCDs
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16 minutes
Climate crisis
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Air pollution is driving a global health emergency
1 minute 16 seconds
Global Week for Action on NCDs
A dialogue on NCD prevention and solutions (Leadership Dialogues edition)
11 minutes
Global Week for Action on NCDs
Time to Lead: A conversation with Leslie Rae Ferat, NCDA's new chair
12 minutes
Diabetes
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Going Full Circle
5 min 47 seconds
Universal Health Coverage
Integrating NCDs in the HIV response to protect decades of progress
1 minute 20 seconds
Universal Health Coverage
Small Island Developing States commit to care through the Bridgetown Declaration
1 minute 12 seconds
Global Week for Action on NCDs
Young people leading on NCDs (Leadership Dialogues edition)
10 minutes
Health-harming industry
How fiscal policy can save lives
How fiscal policies can save lives podcast cover
21 minutes
Global Week for Action on NCDs
Llamamiento a liderar las ENT (Spanish edition)
Llamamiento a liderar las ENT podcast cover
11 minutes
Universal Health Coverage
Health taxes in the Philippines: proving that UHC is within reach of all countries
1 minute 5 seconds
Cancer
Bridging the cancer care gap for women in Rwanda
1 minute 21 seconds
Health equity
Bold leadership for NCD equity
Bold leadership for NCD equity podcast cover
24 minutes
Humanitarian settings
Jordan puts NCDs at heart of UHC and humanitarian response
1 minute 10 seconds
Financing NCDs
Framing a CSO/private sector partnership
Framing a CSO and private sector partnership podcast cover
24 minutes
Mental Health & Neurological Conditions
The battle for better brain health
1 minute
Unhealthy diets
Mexico's junk food bans
1 minute
Unhealthy diets
Warning, this food will poison you
1 minute
Unhealthy diets
There's a silent killer in your food. Trans fats.
1 minute
Health-harming industry
Barbados doubles sugar taxes to fight disease
1 minute
Children and young people
Under pressure: hypertension and kids
1 minute
Mental Health & Neurological Conditions
Community responds to India's mental health crisis
55 seconds
Financing NCDs
Norway walks the talk on NCD investment
1 minute
Diabetes
Tackling diabetes through access to care in Tanzania
1 minute
Diabetes
Guinea is bringing childhood diabetes out of the dark
1 minute
Health systems
The simple solution to improving access to care
1 minute
Health-harming industry
Harmful marketing: selling a sick future to children and teens
1 minute 20 seconds
People living with NCDs
Meaningful engagement includes resources
Meaningful engagement includes resources podcast cover
18 minutes
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The community cure
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Financing NCDs
Health on the agenda: Financing UHC and NCDs
Health on the agenda: Financing UHC and NCDs podcast cover
20 minutes
Oral Health
Oral health takes centre stage
Oral health takes centre stage podcast cover
19 minutes
Policy & Advocacy
Christopher Tufton: Jamaica moves on NCDs
Christopher Tufton podcast cover
16 minutes
Global Week for Action on NCDs
The Call to Lead
Time to lead podcast cover
Policy & Advocacy
Innovation key to youth leadership on NCDs
Innovation key to youth leadership podcast cover
17 minutes
Financing NCDs
World Bank takes 5-point approach to financing NCDs and mental health
Monique Vledder podcast cover
13 minutes
People living with NCDs
Leadership starts with people living with NCDs
Leadership starts with people living with NCDs podcast cover
18 minutes
Mental Health & Neurological Conditions
Mental Health in 2024 and Beyond
Mental Health in 2024 and Beyond podcast cover
21 minutes
Humanitarian settings
Integrating NCDs in humanitarian settings
Integrating NCDs in humanitarian settings podcast cover
23 minutes
Health systems
Small island developing states intensify efforts to fight NCDs
Small island developing states intensify efforts to fight NCDs podcast cover
21 minutes
Financing NCDs
Mandeep Pathak: Nepal hospital innovates funding and care
Nepal hospital innovates funding and care with Mandeep Pathak podcast cover
20 minutes
Global Week for Action on NCDs
The Moment for Caring: Global Week for Action on NCDs 2023
14 minutes
Health-harming industry
Spotlighting commercial drivers of health
Spotlighting commercial drivers of health podcast cover
25 minutes
Financing NCDs
Douglas Webb: New fund to spark country action
Douglas Webb: New fund to spark country action podcast cover
20 minutes
Oral Health
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Tackling oral disease in Thailand through Universal Health Coverage
1 minute 13 seconds
Cancer
Tasha, leukemia survivor from Uganda, with her grandfather. Still from Facing Forward series
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The Ugandan hospital tackling childhood cancer
5 minutes 58 seconds
People living with NCDs
Unlocking the power of lived experience
Unlocking the power of lived experience podcast cover
26 minutes 54 seconds
Physical inactivity
Fiona Bull: Motivating a population to move
Motivating a population to move with Fiona Bull podcast cover
15 minutes
Financing NCDs
Closing Global Health's Biggest Gap
Closing Global Health's Biggest Gap podcast cover
14 minutes
People living with NCDs
Johanna Ralston: My NCD story, Our NCD story
My NCD story, Our NCD story with Johanna Ralston podcast cover
14 minutes
People living with NCDs
A landmark plan for chronic diseases in South Africa
A landmark plan for chronic diseases in South Africa with Vicki Pinkney Atkinson podcast cover
19 minutes 9 seconds
Financing NCDs
NCDs: The world's best ever investment opportunity?
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11 minutes 46 seconds
Unhealthy diets
Health policy victory is sweet in Barbados
Health policy victory is sweet in Barbados with Francine Charles podcast cover
13 minutes
Cancer
Woman living with cancer smiling with her daughter in Paraguay
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Rays of hope
5 minutes 28 seconds
Back to basics: What are NCDs?
Back to basics: What are NCDs?
2 minutes 48 seconds
Cancer
Combining care to save lives
Combining care to save lives
5 minutes 8 seconds
Mental Health & Neurological Conditions
Speaking out against stigma
Speaking out against stigma
6 minutes 12 seconds
Cancer
How Tanzania is improving cancer outcomes for women
How Tanzania is improving cancer outcomes for women
4 minutes 13 seconds
Diabetes
A holistic approach to healthcare
A holistic approach to healthcare
6 minutes 8 seconds
When small things can make a big difference in health
When small things can make a big difference in health
5 minutes 32 seconds
The simple solution to prevent mothers dying
The simple solution to prevent mothers dying
2 minutes 30 seconds
Pandemics
Care starts with a community
Care starts with a community
4 minutes 58 seconds
One giant leap into leadership
One giant leap into leadership
5 minutes 58 seconds
Stroke
Raising heroes at home: stroke detection
Raising heroes at home: stroke detection
5 minutes 52 seconds
Eye Health
Setting sights on better eye health
Setting sights on better eye health
4 minutes 16 seconds
Pandemics
How the NCD community coped with COVID-19
How the NCD community coped with COVID-19
6 minutes 15 seconds
Mental Health & Neurological Conditions
The battle for better brain health
The battle for better brain health
6 minutes 18 seconds
Diabetes
Giving children a chance: The new face of diabetes care in Guinea
Giving children a chance: The new face of diabetes care in Guinea
5 minutes 15 seconds
Diabetes
Shining light on an invisible danger
Shining light on an invisible danger
4 minutes 42 seconds
Diabetes
Door-to-door diabetes support
Door-to-door diabetes support
5 minutes 6 seconds
Diabetes
Managing diabetes in a humanitarian crisis
Managing diabetes in a humanitarian crisis
5 minutes 35 seconds
Mental Health & Neurological Conditions
The community cure
The community cure
5 minutes 36 seconds
Diabetes
Disrupting diabetes with a digital ecosystem
Disrupting diabetes with a digital ecosystem
6 minutes 16 seconds
Obesity
From small steps to systemic shifts
From small steps to systemic shifts
4 minutes 47 seconds
Humanitarian settings
The key to unlocking migrant healthcare?
The key to unlocking migrant healthcare?
5 minutes 25 seconds
Chronic Kidney Disease
Gaining ground against chronic conditions
Gaining ground against chronic conditions
5 minutes 37 seconds
People living with NCDs
Stopping the stigma
Stopping the stigma
4 minutes 34 seconds
Pandemics
NCDs on the pandemic frontline
NCDs on the pandemic frontline
5 minutes 29 seconds
Diabetes
Africa's diabetes rise
Africa's diabetes rise
4 minutes 4 seconds
Health systems
The app training rural doctors
The app training rural doctors
5 minutes 5 seconds
Pandemics
Critical stroke care during COVID-19
Critical stroke care during COVID-19
5 minutes 3 seconds
Children and young people
A new generation of influencers
A new generation of health influencers
5 minutes 5 seconds
Chronic Respiratory Diseases
A breath of life
A breath of life
4 minutes 55 seconds
Financing NCDs
Investing in health
Investing in health
4 minutes 7 seconds
Health systems
Networks of care
Networks of care
4 minutes 43 seconds
Mental Health & Neurological Conditions
A meeting of minds
A meeting of minds
4 minutes 32 seconds
Health systems
Stroke ready hospitals
Stroke ready hospitals
4 minutes 54 seconds
Psoriasis
Psoriasis: More than skin deep
Psoriasis: More than skin deep
5 minutes 3 seconds
Unhealthy diets
Hypertension awareness in Myanmar
Hypertension awareness in Myanmar
4 minutes 20 seconds
Diabetes
Mexico's diabetes epidemic
Mexico's diabetes epidemic
5 minutes 14 seconds
Children and young people
Starting early for long healthy lives
Starting early for long healthy lives
3 minutes 42 seconds
Cardiovascular Disease
Community checkpoints for healthy hearts
Community checkpoints for healthy hearts
3 minutes 58 seconds
Health systems
Home health screening
Home health screening
4 minutes 50 seconds
Stroke
Change in motion
Change in motion
4 minutes 37 seconds
People living with NCDs
Healing words
Healing words
4 minutes 37 seconds
Cardiovascular Disease
Keep the beat
Keep the beat
5 minutes 10 seconds
Tobacco use
Stubbing it out
Stubbing it out
3 minutes 59 seconds
Pandemics
NCD care in a global crisis
NCD care in a global crisis
5 minutes 18 seconds
Diabetes
A vision of hope
A vision of hope
4 minutes 13 seconds
Mental Health & Neurological Conditions
Early autism diagnosis
Early autism diagnosis
4 minutes 42 seconds
Cardiovascular Disease
Reforming rural healthcare
Reforming rural healthcare
4 minutes 37 seconds
Health systems
Reforming health systems
Reforming health systems
4 minutes 44 seconds
Cancer
Access to hope
Access to hope
4 minutes 53 seconds
Cardiovascular Disease
The beat of change
The beat of change
4 minutes 29 seconds
Diabetes
Living without limits
Living without limits
5 minutes 34 seconds
Humanitarian settings
New relief for NCDs
New relief for NCDs
4 minutes 29 seconds

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