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NCDs policy timeline 2011-21
Global diabetes compact consultation WHO
COVID-19 comorbidities uncovered NCDs = 90%
Sisonke Vaccine Programme
Vaccine rollout to healthcare workers in South Africa
SA’s health data ranking
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Untangling COVID-19 vaccine & NCDs
“E-cigarettes not safe” US health sources
e-cigarettes (and vaping) are not safe and can cause irreversible lung damage and disease
Comment extended: NHI Bill 29 November 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Health invites stakeholders and interested parties to submit written submissions on the National Health Insurance Bill [B11-2019] The objective of the Bill is to achieve universal access to quality health care services in the Republic in...
Tobacco industry interference
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tobacco addiction is a global epidemic that ravages entire countries and regions, wreaking the most havoc in the most vulnerable countries and creating an enormous toll of disability, disease, lost productivity and death. Tobacco use...
WHO: Halt the rise in diabetes
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Heart disease and stroke, cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) cause tens of millions of deaths per year, the majority of which occur during the most productive years of life....
WHO – Assessing National Capacity For The Prevention and Control of NCDs
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last year, 2015 was an historic year for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Global leaders, recognizing the enormous burden that NCDs place on people and communities in developed and developing countries, included them in the new...
2015 WHO country NCDs capacity survey
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 2015 national NCDs capacity survey report compiled by WHO member states measures the current ability to achieve SDG 3.4 to reduce premature (ages 30-70 years) death from preventable NCDs. Content: current means lated to NCD...
WHO – 2016 who Technical Report on Conflict of Interest and Nutrition
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In response to the emerging challenge of conflicts of interest in nutrition, the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development at WHO headquarters convened a WHO technical consultation on “Addressing and managing conflicts of...
WHO – 2016 WHO Earmarked Tobacco Taxes
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Globally, and particularly in low- and middle-income countries, health budgets are under strain to meet the challenge of preventing the growing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Many countries have developed fiscal...
WHO – Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Childhood obesity is reaching alarming proportions in many countries and poses an urgent and serious challenge. The Sustainable Development Goals, set by the United Nations in 2015, identify prevention and control of noncommunicable...
UNiversity of Waterloo: Canadian Report On Soda Taxes (2015)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The research predicts dire effects if sugary drink consumption is not curtailed—more than $50 billion in health care costs over the next 25 years. The report says that Canadians purchased an average of 444 ml of sugary drinks per day...