Deutsche Allianz Nichtübertragbare Krankheiten
NCD Alliance Weekly Digest
Wöchentliche Presseschau der NCD Alliance
Global Development News
- UN News: ‘Hunger is more than a lack of food – it is a terrible injustice,’ says Ban on World Food Day
- UN News: Marking International Day, Ban says new 2030 Agenda can help eradicate poverty
- ODI: Delivering social protection systems for all: why taxes matter
- World Bank: Chart: Only Half of Countries Have Reliable Poverty Data
- World Bank: Transport or gender? A holistic approach is critical for achieving the SDGs
- World Bank: The sunny side of PPPs: Rooftop solar, public-private partnerships, and the promise of a brighter future
- Devex: Food and nutrition: Not for sale
- Oxfam: How can UK aid pursue development and British National Interest at the same time?
- Oxfam: ICYMI: why civil society space is under assault around the world and other posts on NGOs
- Big Think: Will the next refugee crisis be an environmental refugee crisis?
- Truth Out: Can nations reach a strong agreement on climate at COP21?
Global Health News
- WHO: Food, water and health care: WHO reviews basic services for refugees crossing Serbia
- WHO: Dr Moeti - Health is a reliable measure of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
- World Bank: Africa Gains in Health, Education, but Numbers of Poor Grow
- World Bank: Infographic: Universal Health Coverage by 2030
- Devex: New partnerships essential for global health success
- NEJM: The Affordable Care Act at 5 Years
- BMJ: The BMJ Today: Global health, socioeconomic differences, and other matters
- BMJ: Richard Smith: How global health can help the NHS
NCDs News
- WHO: Sixty-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee celebrates progress on ageing and health, NCD prevention and control, and regulatory systems strengthening
- WHO: Ensure dignity in mental health
- WHO: Liberia Plans to Strengthen Mental Health
- Lancet: Cancer incidence in indigenous people in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the USA: a comparative population-based study | Equitable cancer control: better data needed for indigenous people
- Lancet: Getting to the heart of the matter in type 2 diabetes
- Lancet: Reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity: the role of population prevention
- Lancet: The challenge to nutrition researchers everywhere: identify a set of actions that reduce malnutrition in all its forms
- CGD: Three Ways to Make Room for Mental Health
- BMJ: Desmond O’Neill: Welcoming the new ageing in a global context
- BMJ: Rethinking the appraisal and approval of drugs for type 2 diabetes
- BioMed Central: The 7 questions we must answer to beat cancer
- BioMed Central: Climate Change and Health Around the World – interactive map
Risk Factor News
- Lancet: Addressing climate change by promoting a clean environment in the developing world
- PLoS: 10 Principles for a Better Food Future – World Food Day
- WCRF: Improving urban diets in an increasingly urban world
- WCRF: Obesity epidemic – we need much more action
- WCRF: Tackling Australia’s big fat problem
- BMJ: Law makers question science behind US dietary guidelines
- BMJ: Southeast Asia: new tobacco tax index
- BMJ: Tobacco Carve-Out in TPP
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