NCDs+ Blog
About Me
Dr. Vicki Pinkney Atkinson
Vicki is the CEO of the SANCDA+ and writes the blog in her personal capacity as a person living with nearly 20 NCDs+ some since birth.
WHO: Halt the rise in diabetes
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Heart disease and stroke, cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases and other noncommunicable diseases...
WHO – Assessing National Capacity For The Prevention and Control of NCDs
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last year, 2015 was an historic year for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Global leaders, recognizing the...
2015 WHO country NCDs capacity survey
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 2015 national NCDs capacity survey report compiled by WHO member states measures the current ability to...
WHO – 2016 who Technical Report on Conflict of Interest and Nutrition
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In response to the emerging challenge of conflicts of interest in nutrition, the Department of Nutrition for...
WHO – 2016 WHO Earmarked Tobacco Taxes
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Globally, and particularly in low- and middle-income countries, health budgets are under strain to meet the...
WHO – Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Childhood obesity is reaching alarming proportions in many countries and poses an urgent and serious challenge....
UNiversity of Waterloo: Canadian Report On Soda Taxes (2015)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The research predicts dire effects if sugary drink consumption is not curtailed—more than $50 billion in health...
Global Nutrition Report 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A better nourished world is a better world. Yet the 2017 Global Nutrition Report shows that, despite the...
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