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Global Crisis – more than 10% of the world’s population is obese new study finds
More than 2 billion adults and children globally are overweight or obese, a marked increase over the last 30...
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Takeaways from the 70th World Health Assembly in regard to NCDs (22-31 May 2017)
The nine-day gathering of the World Health Assembly in Geneva – WHO’s main decision-making body – saw a host...
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Taxation as an effective public policy tool to curb smoking in poor countries
NCDAPA has been a vocal advocate for the introduction of more punitive taxes on tobacco products in low income...
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Asia at a crossroads: estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution
The Lancet has published another systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (GBD 2015), this time...
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How can you help build a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for children and teenagers in Indonesia?
Our aim is to buy equipment to provide a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for the children and teenagers at...
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Ramadan: Making Ramadan Count through Secondary Food, Part 3
Secondary Foods are what we eat. They are comprised of what modern nutrition categorizes as carbohydrates, proteins and fats. While Secondary Food is a...
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Ramadan: Making Ramadan Count Through Primary Food, Part 2
Ramadan is expected to commence on May 27th and last until June 24, 2017, based on moon sighting reports....
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Ramadan: An Opportunity To Address NCDs? Part 1
This year, for practicing Muslims around the world, the holy month of Ramadan will commence on May 26th. It is widely viewed as the most sacred and...
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Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden: challenges for the Asia Pacific Region
The Lancet has published a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 tracking smoking prevalence and...
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World Day for Physical Activity 2017 – “Active Person, Happy Person”
Insufficient physical activity is one of the leading risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer...