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Health Industries Lobbying Weakens UN Disease Declaration
Pressure from tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed food, and fossil fuel industries has significantly diluted the UN Political Declaration on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health,...
MATCOH Urges Stronger Commitment to Tackling NCDs Ahead of 2025 UN Meeting
Chairman of the Media Alliance in Tobacco Control and Health (MATCOH), Mr. Jeorge Wilson, has called for urgent and sustained efforts to tackle Non-Communicable...
NHIA Launches Annual Free Health Check-Up to Combat NCDs in Ghana
Ghana's National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has unveiled a pioneering initiative to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with its inaugural free annual health check-up program.
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Namibia health minister calls for urgent action to combat non-communicable diseases
Namibia's Minister of Health and Social Services Kalumbi Shangula on Monday emphasized the critical need for the country to ramp up interventions and strategies...
Nationwide survey on NCDs to begin in June
Ghana will from June this year conduct a nationwide Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) risk factor Assessment Survey (STEPS) to establish a baseline on the prevalence...
