Africa: Health ministers adopt the Brazzaville Declaration on NCDs
Health ministers from across the continent adopted the Brazzaville Declaration on NCDs during the first Africa Regional Ministerial Consultation on NCDs recently held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo... Prevention News
Global: CVD voice missing from UN discussions
None of the seven representatives recently appointed to the Civil Society Task Force for the upcoming UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs include a representative from the CVD community, according to the World Heart Federation (WHF)... Prevention News
Global: NCDs require a global response
The upcoming UN High Level Meeting provides a unique opportunity to respond to the global burden of NCDs, but will require a collaborative effort involving all stakeholders, according to Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, Director of the Pan American Health Organization... Prevention News
Latin America: Launching the Healthy Latin American Coalition
Forty Latin America organizations recently launched the Healthy Latin American Coalition (HLAC), and released a declaration that recognizes NCDs as a health emergency and deterrent to human development in the region... Prevention News
Global: Urgent action needed to prevent RHD in the bottom billion
(WHF press release) A severe lack of awareness, advocacy and political will means hundreds of thousands of children and young adults are victims of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the world's poorest countries... Prevention News
