Africa: Africa CDC Rolls Out Continental Spark-NCDs Programme As Noncommunicable Diseases Rise Across Africa: [Africa CDC] Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania -- Nearly 2 million Africans die prematurely each year from complications related to hypertension and diabetes alone, and only an estimated10-20% of those living with these conditions receive regular care. In response Africa… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRnX4X #AfricaCDC #NonCommunicableDiseases #HealthForAll #NCDPrevention #HypertensionAwareness

Africa: Academy Inducts New Members to Tackle Rising Non-Communicable Diseases: [Leadership] The Academy of Public Health (APH) has called for stronger digital innovation and shared leadership in addressing the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across Africa. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPVC1V #NonCommunicableDiseases #PublicHealth #DigitalInnovation #HealthLeadership #AfricaHealth

Africa: Can Digital Health Turn the Tide On Africa's Silent Killers?: [New Times] Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory illnesses, are claiming the lives of people in their most productive years -- affecting families and slowing national development, experts have warned. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNgz6D #DigitalHealth #NonCommunicableDiseases #HealthInnovation #AfricaHealth #ChronicIllness

Africa: Countries and Global Leaders Recognized for Their Action to Tackle the Obesity Crisis: [WHO] On 25 September, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (UNIATF) recognized 12 countries and 7 non-State actors pioneering innovative, multisectoral action on obesity. From bold fiscal policies… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNLlKL #ObesityCrisis #WHO #InnovativeSolutions #NoncommunicableDiseases #SugarTax

Booze-soaked Poland pushes for nighttime sales ban https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-alcohol-night-sales-ban-health/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #NonCommunicablediseases #AgricultureandFood #Mentalhealth #Publichealth #Prevention #HealthCare #Alcohol #Cancer

Global Hypertension Crisis and Obesity Threat

WHO reports 1.4 billion people live with hypertension and global obesity may affect over 50 percent of adults by 2050.

https://www.olamnews.com/health/2508/global-hypertension-crisis-obesity-threat/

Africa: Africa CDC to Boost NCD Surveillance Across 10 Countries in East and Southern Africa: [Africa CDC] The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has partnered with the Novo Nordisk Foundation, a Danish enterprise Foundation, to strengthening public health workforce capacity for Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) surveillance across ten African Union (AU) Member… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNFyq3 #AfricaCDC #PublicHealth #NCDsurveillance #NonCommunicableDiseases #HealthInitiative

Kazakhstan Among Top Ten Countries in Reducing Premature NCD Mortality

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Africa: Sugary Drinks, Processed Foods, Alcohol and Tobacco Are Big Killers - Why the G20 Should Add Its Weight to Health Taxes: [The Conversation Africa] By 2030, non-communicable diseases will account for 75% of all deaths annually. Eight percent of these will be in the global south. Most of these diseases are what we call silent killers: type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, as… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL1gPg #HealthTax #NonCommunicableDiseases #PublicHealth #G20 #SilentKillers