Join us on Friday, September 26, 2025, at 11:00 am (EDT) for the webinar "Association of social determinants in NCDs and examples for their approach," the second webinar in a series of five ...

Although many NCDs are caused by genetics, healthcare-systems factors, or influenced by social determinants, these chronic conditions are, in some part, self-driven. According to the World Bank, more ...

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that “with the right strategic investments, countries that bear a significant amount of the NCD [non-communicable ...

Devex, in partnership with Philips, surveyed more than 1,200 health professionals about the role of early detection and diagnosis in the fight against noncommunicable diseases. Here are five things we ...

PAHO/WHO report cites model efforts that can be replicated in both high- and lower-income countries New York, 21 September 2011 (PAHO/WHO) - Countries in the Americas have pioneered effective ways to ...

Cardiovascular diseases, stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory illness, and mental and neurological conditions are all conditions that we are either living with ourselves or know someone close ...

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has renewed Mike Bloomberg's two-year appointment as WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and ...

NON-Communicable diseases are an urgent challenge globally, but especially in the Caribbean. NCDs, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes are responsible for more than 75 per cent of ...