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NCDs & Mental Health in Developing Countries: Policy Recommendations following Cambridge Conference

Posted on January 31st, 2012 by
NCDs & Mental Health in Developing Countries: Policy Recommendations following Cambridge Conference


The 2011 UN Summit on NCDs highlighted the pressing need to address NCDs globally, particularly in developing countries which are the hardest hit but have the least resources.
The Cambridge Post-UN Summit Conference on 20th January 2012 explored next steps for the UK by gathering experts from academia and civil society with representatives from the private sector, the media, and government departments.
On the 31/01/2012 The Humanitarian Centre held a Parliamentary reception which aimed to (more...)

3 High-profile Cambridge events bring Noncommunicable Diseases into focus in January

Posted on January 4th, 2012 by
3 High-profile Cambridge events bring Noncommunicable Diseases into focus in January

Prof Barry Popkin, author of "The World Is Fat," will speak at CEDAR on 23 January, on "The Nutrition Transition." The event is one of 3 high-profule events on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health taking place in Cambridge in January.
As unwieldy as they are, the words “noncommunicable diseases” are on the tip of everyone’s tongues—at least, everyone in health care—and rightly so. The “four main” noncommunicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung diseases (more...)