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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....
May 31, 2016 by NCD Asia Pacific Alliance Admin
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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...
May 31, 2016 by NCD Asia Pacific Alliance Admin
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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...
May 21, 2016 by NCD Asia Pacific Alliance Admin
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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...
May 17, 2016 by NCD Asia Pacific Alliance Admin
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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...
April 7, 2016 by NCD Asia Pacific Alliance Admin
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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...
March 20, 2016 by NCD Asia Pacific Alliance Admin
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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...
March 18, 2016 by NCD Asia Pacific Alliance Admin
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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...
February 15, 2016 by NCD Asia Pacific Alliance Admin
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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...
February 6, 2016 by NCD Asia Pacific Alliance Admin
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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...
February 3, 2016 by NCD Asia Pacific Alliance Admin
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