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World No Tobacco Day 2016
Tobacco remains the biggest public health threat of our time, killing around 6 million people globally every single year....
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Hardly any progress on nine voluntary targets for prevention and control of NCDs in 2015
A REPORT, investigating the responses to specific assignments in preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the UN General...
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The poor state of adolescent health
The recent report from the Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing investigates the detrimental effects decades of neglect...
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World Hypertension Day 2016 ‘know your numbers’
Raised blood pressure is an important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide, killing...
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World Health Day 2016: Beat diabetes The Asia/Pacific region at the forefront of the fight against diabetes
7 April 2016 is World Health Day and this year’s focus lies on battling diabetes worldwide. Diabetes is a...
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Academics can change the world – if they stop talking only to their peers
by Savo Heleta Manager, Internationalisation at Home and Research, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Research and creative thinking can change the...
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UK to impose tax on sugary drinks
UK to impose tax on sugary drinks George Osborne, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, has placed a tax...
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Big Soda, big problems for the Asia Pacific
By Clare Farrand Asia Pacific countries are set to further fall at the hand of the diet related disease...
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Final report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity: Asia most affected by global epidemic
by Moritz Laqua On January 25 the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO) presented its final report to the...
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Moving forward in 2016: A crucial year for the Asia Pacific and NCDs
by Clare Farrand & Moritz Laqua 2015 has undoubtedly been a pivotal year for international development and the fight against NCDs...