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UK WG on NCDs joins the NCD Alliance

The UK Working Group on NCDs is excited to announce it has joined the NCD Alliance as a full member!

Prevention and promotion as key aspects of Universal Health Coverage: the UK Working Group on NCDs with Chatham House event

Contributed by Christine Hancock, C3 Collaborating for Health 40 mainly global NGOs met at Chatham House on 9 September 2019, with key people joining online, including Dr Rachel Nugent, Sir Trevor Hassell and Dr Andrea Feigl, and the meeting was facilitated by Richard Smith, former editor of the BMJ, who has been working globally inContinue reading “Prevention and promotion as key aspects of Universal Health Coverage: the UK Working Group on NCDs with Chatham House event”

The global burden of NCDs – time for UK leadership

The first event convened by the UK Working Group on NCDs was a parliamentary briefing, held in Portcullis House on 16 May 2018: ‘The global burden of NCDs – time for UK leadership’. The aim was to investigate how the UK’s leadership positions in international development and research could be brought to bear on theContinue reading “The global burden of NCDs – time for UK leadership”