The global burden of NCDs

An overview of the worldwide economic and health impacts of NCDs

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India's growing healthcare crisis

Challenges of equity, capacity and funding

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Worldwide decline in TB cases: WHO report

India and China accounted for 40% of the world’s notified cases of TB in 2010.

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UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs

On September 19-20, 2011 the United Nations will be hosting a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases in New York.

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CBO report: further restricting DTC advertising may be bad for public health

Guest blog by Susan Huggett, President of Torre Lazur McCann Canada

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Highlighted Articles

: Steven Lott
: May 8, 2012

Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations - 12th round starts in Dallas

Representatives from the United States and nine Pacific Rim nations are meeting in Dallas over the next ten days (May 8 - 18, 2012) for the 12th round of the... More »

: Articles, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Darussalam, Intellectual property, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, trade, Vietnam, USA
: Steven Lott
: May 3, 2012

Stakeholders appeal to US government on global health issues in advance of World Health Assembly

On April 30, the Office of Global Affairs, Health and Human Services held a Stakeholder Listening Session in advance of the 65th World Health Assembly. The... More »

: Articles, Global health, NCDs, Vaccines, USA
: Kristina Lybecker
: March 16, 2012

Compulsory licensing threatens pharmaceutical innovation

On Monday, India’s Controller General of Patents authorized Natco Pharma, an Indian company, to produce and sell a generic copy of Bayer’s patented cancer drug... More »

: Articles, Compulsory licensing, India, innovation, Intellectual property
: Steven Lott
: February 28, 2012

Children in an urban world

Today, UNICEF released their 2012 State of the World's Children Report,... More »

: Articles, child health, Global, Health policy