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Kenya: Govt in New Drive to Beat Non-Communicable Diseases
Nation, 21 March 2018
Non-communicable diseases are still responsible for over 55 per cent of deaths in Kenya, according to the Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki. Read more »
Stepping Up the Fight to Defeat #NCDs
Experts in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health are meeting for a technical consultation in Geneva with the WHO Independent High-level Commission on NCDs. The discussions focus on innovative recommendations to enable world leaders to change the landscape of NCDs at the country level.
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Tanzania: Make Non-Communicable Diseases a Healthy Priority
Citizen, 21 March 2018
communicable diseases have now become a serious health concern in developing countries. It was against this backdrop that Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa called for a multi-sectoral… Read more »
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Africa: ILO Fails to Cut Ties With Tobacco Industry - Yet Again
IPS, 20 March 2018
Last week, the International Labour Organization's (ILO) governing body postponed yet again a decision to stop accepting money from the tobacco industry for its projects to end… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Cancer Awareness Campaign Goes Rural
The Herald, 19 February 2018
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has said she will soon take her cancer awareness campaign to rural areas to give rural women a chance to undergo free cervical cancer screening. Read more »
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Africa: World Leaders Join New Drive to Beat Noncommunicable Diseases
WHO, 16 February 2018
WHO is announcing today a new high-level commission, comprised of heads of state and ministers, leaders in health and development and entrepreneurs. The group will propose bold and… Read more »
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More than 15 million people between the ages of 30 and 70 die from heart and lung diseases, cancer, and diabetes annually, according to the World Health Organisation . The major ... Read more »
