Europe is Failing to Curb Tobacco Use – Especially in Women 28/02/2026 Kerry Cullinan Europe is failing to curb tobacco use – particularly in women and girls – and will have the world’s highest prevalence by 2030, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European region revealed this week. Of the region’s 53 states, tobacco use is highest in Serbia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Montenegro – all exceeding 30% prevalence in […] Continue reading -> Healthy Minds, Longer Lives: Inside the Science and Promise of Blue Zones 16/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher It’s a cold winter morning in Davos, but the pictures on the screen are aglow with warmth – a 100-year-old man cuddling an infant; ancient women with faces wrinkled in laughter; aged men sharing a flask of local red wine; and an extended family gathered around a Mediterranean meal of chickpeas, cheeses, salads and seafood. […] Continue reading -> Country Taxes on Alcohol and Sugary Drinks are ‘Too Low to be Effective’, WHO Finds 13/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan Governments should “significantly strengthen” taxes on alcoholic and sugary drinks as these products are getting cheaper, fueling obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancers and injuries. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which issued two reports on taxing sugary drinks and alcohol on Tuesday, including how countries are implementing these. “In most countries, these […] Continue reading -> ‘Unprecedented Levels of Industry Interference’ Stalls Decisions on New Tobacco Products and Pollution at UNFCTC COP11 22/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen The Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded in Geneva on Saturday with calls to member states to take stronger action on reducing the environmental harm of tobacco use and increasing corporate liability. But political stand-offs between countries, along with industry interference, hindered major breakthroughs on […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> ‘One Decision, Millions Of Lives:’ Nanushyan On Cutting Smoking And Out-Of-Pocket Costs 09/11/2025 Maayan Hoffman Armenia’s first deputy health minister, Lena Nanushyan, says the country’s tougher tobacco controls, and a coming universal health insurance reform, are designed to reinforce each other by cutting disease and protecting households from catastrophic medical bills. “Public health and universal health coverage are inseparable,” Nanushyan told Garry Aslanyan in an interview for his Trailblazers series […] Continue reading -> Global Life Expectancy Sees Post-COVID Rebound – But Deaths Among Youths In North America and Latin America Rise 13/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – Global life expectancy rose again in 2023 after a decline during the COVID pandemic with overall life expectancy 20 years higher as compared to 1950. But North America and Latin America are seeing higher death rates among adolescents and young adults due to a crisis in mental health – reflected in higher rates […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Healthy Minds, Longer Lives: Inside the Science and Promise of Blue Zones 16/02/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher It’s a cold winter morning in Davos, but the pictures on the screen are aglow with warmth – a 100-year-old man cuddling an infant; ancient women with faces wrinkled in laughter; aged men sharing a flask of local red wine; and an extended family gathered around a Mediterranean meal of chickpeas, cheeses, salads and seafood. […] Continue reading -> Country Taxes on Alcohol and Sugary Drinks are ‘Too Low to be Effective’, WHO Finds 13/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan Governments should “significantly strengthen” taxes on alcoholic and sugary drinks as these products are getting cheaper, fueling obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancers and injuries. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which issued two reports on taxing sugary drinks and alcohol on Tuesday, including how countries are implementing these. “In most countries, these […] Continue reading -> ‘Unprecedented Levels of Industry Interference’ Stalls Decisions on New Tobacco Products and Pollution at UNFCTC COP11 22/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen The Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded in Geneva on Saturday with calls to member states to take stronger action on reducing the environmental harm of tobacco use and increasing corporate liability. But political stand-offs between countries, along with industry interference, hindered major breakthroughs on […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> ‘One Decision, Millions Of Lives:’ Nanushyan On Cutting Smoking And Out-Of-Pocket Costs 09/11/2025 Maayan Hoffman Armenia’s first deputy health minister, Lena Nanushyan, says the country’s tougher tobacco controls, and a coming universal health insurance reform, are designed to reinforce each other by cutting disease and protecting households from catastrophic medical bills. “Public health and universal health coverage are inseparable,” Nanushyan told Garry Aslanyan in an interview for his Trailblazers series […] Continue reading -> Global Life Expectancy Sees Post-COVID Rebound – But Deaths Among Youths In North America and Latin America Rise 13/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – Global life expectancy rose again in 2023 after a decline during the COVID pandemic with overall life expectancy 20 years higher as compared to 1950. But North America and Latin America are seeing higher death rates among adolescents and young adults due to a crisis in mental health – reflected in higher rates […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Country Taxes on Alcohol and Sugary Drinks are ‘Too Low to be Effective’, WHO Finds 13/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan Governments should “significantly strengthen” taxes on alcoholic and sugary drinks as these products are getting cheaper, fueling obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancers and injuries. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which issued two reports on taxing sugary drinks and alcohol on Tuesday, including how countries are implementing these. “In most countries, these […] Continue reading -> ‘Unprecedented Levels of Industry Interference’ Stalls Decisions on New Tobacco Products and Pollution at UNFCTC COP11 22/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen The Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded in Geneva on Saturday with calls to member states to take stronger action on reducing the environmental harm of tobacco use and increasing corporate liability. But political stand-offs between countries, along with industry interference, hindered major breakthroughs on […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> ‘One Decision, Millions Of Lives:’ Nanushyan On Cutting Smoking And Out-Of-Pocket Costs 09/11/2025 Maayan Hoffman Armenia’s first deputy health minister, Lena Nanushyan, says the country’s tougher tobacco controls, and a coming universal health insurance reform, are designed to reinforce each other by cutting disease and protecting households from catastrophic medical bills. “Public health and universal health coverage are inseparable,” Nanushyan told Garry Aslanyan in an interview for his Trailblazers series […] Continue reading -> Global Life Expectancy Sees Post-COVID Rebound – But Deaths Among Youths In North America and Latin America Rise 13/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – Global life expectancy rose again in 2023 after a decline during the COVID pandemic with overall life expectancy 20 years higher as compared to 1950. But North America and Latin America are seeing higher death rates among adolescents and young adults due to a crisis in mental health – reflected in higher rates […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
‘Unprecedented Levels of Industry Interference’ Stalls Decisions on New Tobacco Products and Pollution at UNFCTC COP11 22/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen The Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded in Geneva on Saturday with calls to member states to take stronger action on reducing the environmental harm of tobacco use and increasing corporate liability. But political stand-offs between countries, along with industry interference, hindered major breakthroughs on […] Continue reading -> Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> ‘One Decision, Millions Of Lives:’ Nanushyan On Cutting Smoking And Out-Of-Pocket Costs 09/11/2025 Maayan Hoffman Armenia’s first deputy health minister, Lena Nanushyan, says the country’s tougher tobacco controls, and a coming universal health insurance reform, are designed to reinforce each other by cutting disease and protecting households from catastrophic medical bills. “Public health and universal health coverage are inseparable,” Nanushyan told Garry Aslanyan in an interview for his Trailblazers series […] Continue reading -> Global Life Expectancy Sees Post-COVID Rebound – But Deaths Among Youths In North America and Latin America Rise 13/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – Global life expectancy rose again in 2023 after a decline during the COVID pandemic with overall life expectancy 20 years higher as compared to 1950. But North America and Latin America are seeing higher death rates among adolescents and young adults due to a crisis in mental health – reflected in higher rates […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Global Anti-Tobacco Summit Targets Youth Nicotine Addiction ‘Epidemic’ and Environmental Harms 13/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen GENEVA – Global health leaders are calling for robust new measures to combat the use of tobacco and related products, including restrictions on flavours to curb the surge in e-cigarettes use in adolescents and filter bans to protect the environment. These and other proposals will be debated over the next two weeks as over 1,400 […] Continue reading -> ‘One Decision, Millions Of Lives:’ Nanushyan On Cutting Smoking And Out-Of-Pocket Costs 09/11/2025 Maayan Hoffman Armenia’s first deputy health minister, Lena Nanushyan, says the country’s tougher tobacco controls, and a coming universal health insurance reform, are designed to reinforce each other by cutting disease and protecting households from catastrophic medical bills. “Public health and universal health coverage are inseparable,” Nanushyan told Garry Aslanyan in an interview for his Trailblazers series […] Continue reading -> Global Life Expectancy Sees Post-COVID Rebound – But Deaths Among Youths In North America and Latin America Rise 13/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – Global life expectancy rose again in 2023 after a decline during the COVID pandemic with overall life expectancy 20 years higher as compared to 1950. But North America and Latin America are seeing higher death rates among adolescents and young adults due to a crisis in mental health – reflected in higher rates […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
‘One Decision, Millions Of Lives:’ Nanushyan On Cutting Smoking And Out-Of-Pocket Costs 09/11/2025 Maayan Hoffman Armenia’s first deputy health minister, Lena Nanushyan, says the country’s tougher tobacco controls, and a coming universal health insurance reform, are designed to reinforce each other by cutting disease and protecting households from catastrophic medical bills. “Public health and universal health coverage are inseparable,” Nanushyan told Garry Aslanyan in an interview for his Trailblazers series […] Continue reading -> Global Life Expectancy Sees Post-COVID Rebound – But Deaths Among Youths In North America and Latin America Rise 13/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – Global life expectancy rose again in 2023 after a decline during the COVID pandemic with overall life expectancy 20 years higher as compared to 1950. But North America and Latin America are seeing higher death rates among adolescents and young adults due to a crisis in mental health – reflected in higher rates […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Global Life Expectancy Sees Post-COVID Rebound – But Deaths Among Youths In North America and Latin America Rise 13/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher BERLIN – Global life expectancy rose again in 2023 after a decline during the COVID pandemic with overall life expectancy 20 years higher as compared to 1950. But North America and Latin America are seeing higher death rates among adolescents and young adults due to a crisis in mental health – reflected in higher rates […] Continue reading -> Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Tobacco Use is Waning, But 100M People Now Use New Nicotine Products 06/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […] Continue reading -> UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
UN Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases Fails to Win Approval After US Foils Consensus 25/09/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win formal endorsement at a special High Level Session of the General Assembly (GA) Thursday – after the United States torpedoed its adoption by consensus. The last minute moves means that the draft declaration […] Continue reading -> A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved: Why Cities Are Essential for Confronting the NCD Crisis 22/09/2025 Ariella Rojhani & Etienne Krug On 25 September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It comes at a pivotal moment: funding for global health has plummeted, while NCDs like heart disease, cancer and diabetes continue to claim 75% of all lives lost worldwide. This amid recent efforts to water […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts