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• 2011.09.16

  NCD Professor blogs from UN Summit

  3 days to UN summit: Max de Courten is Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Copenhagen … »

• 2011.09.16

  Grants for development research and capacity strengthening

  The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls for Phase 1 applications for grants for development research … »

• 2011.09.16

  Launch of the world's first Global Diabetes Plan

  2 days to UN Summit: Today in New York, The International Diabetes Foundations launches the first Global … »

• 2011.09.15

  NCDs in Uganda - and social differences in health behaviour

  4 days to UN summit: Susan Whyte is Professor at the Department of Anthropology at the University of … »

• 2011.09.14

  Addressing gestational diabetes in India can prevent other NCDs

  5 days to UN summit: The prevalence of gestational diabetes is in general said to reflect the prevalence … »

• 2011.09.13

  WHO 10 facts on physical activity

  6 days to UN summit: Physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. And … »

• 2011.09.12

  Type 2 diabetes in Mexico's Tarahumara - a people in transition

  7 days to UN summit: People from low- and middle-income societies have the highest incidence of diabetes … »

• 2011.09.11

  Men's life expectancy has stalled in Sri Lanka

  8 days to UN summit: While life expectancy for women in Sri Lanka has made steady gains since 1920, … »

• 2011.09.11

  Will safe storage of pesticides prevent suicides?

  9 days to UN summit: As many as 370,000 people die each year from pesticide self-poisoning globally, … »

• 2011.09.10

  10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day

  10 days to UN summit: World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September promotes worldwide commitment and … »

• 2011.09.08

  UN high level meeting on NCDs is excluding mental health

  11 days to UN summit: The UN high-level meeting on non-communicable disease prevention and control focuses … »

• 2011.09.07

  Preventing NCDs in Ghana

  12 days to UN summit: Gifty Sunkwa-Mills and Nana Brobbey from Ghana are doctors and work as general … »

• 2011.09.06

  NCDs on the agenda in Kenya

  13 days to UN SUmmit: With the UN summit we hope NCDs' will "be put on the agenda", but what does it … »

• 2011.09.05

  Urbanisation alters the global atlas of disease

  14 days to UN summit: For the first time in history the majority of the world's population reside in … »

• 2011.09.04

  Toward a Healthy and Harmonious Life in China

  15 days to UN summit: Based on current trends, the Chinese can expect to live only 66 "healthy years", … »

• 2011.09.03

  The population challenge and NCD's in China

  16 days to UN summit: Siri Tellier is expert on demography and population issues and we asked Siri to … »

• 2011.09.02

  NCDs in Mongolia - a nation is collecting knowledge

  17 days to UN summit: Alessandro Demaio is a Medical Doctor who is currently completing field work … »

• 2011.09.01

  Will industry influence derail UN summit?

  18 Days to UN summit: In the run up to the UN summit on non-communicable diseases, there are fears that … »

• 2011.08.31

  Pre-conference in November- A Critical European Perspective on NCDs

  19 Days to UN Summit: On 10 November we invite all interested to a pre-conference session on Social … »

• 2011.08.30

  Every sector is a health sector

  20 days to UN summit: Non Communicable Diseases arise from multiple factors and must be prevented through … »

• 2011.08.29

  Vested interests and NCDs

  21 days to UN summit: Like the HIV meeting, the UN high level meeting on non-communicable diseases is … »

• 2011.08.28

  Childhood overweight and obesity on the rise

  22 days to UN summit: Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st … »

• 2011.08.27

  Football for Health in Africa

  23 days to UN high level meeting: With more than 400 million active players, from children to the elderly, … »

• 2011.08.26

  Most smokers are men

  24 days to UN high level meeting: Tobacco use is one of the main risk factors for a number of chronic … »

• 2011.08.25

  How can exercise prevent diabetes?

  25 days to UN summit: 346 million people worldwide are estimated to have diabetes, but 80 % of all … »

• 2011.08.25

  Herbal abortion helps African women

  Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have examined a number … »

• 2011.08.25

  The malaria mosquito is disappearing - but it is not just good news

  The incidence of malaria in many African countries south of the Sahara is falling rapidly. A Danish-Tanzanian … »

• 2011.08.24

  Intensive course on Non-Communicable Diseases will be available both online and offline

  26 Days to UN Summit: Since the spring of 2010 the University of Copenhagen has been offering an intensive … »

• 2011.08.23

  WHO works against cardiovascular diseases

  27 Days to UN summit: Cardiovascular diseases are one of the NCDs and the number one killer. Learn more … »

• 2011.08.22

  14 Facts on NCDs

  28 Days to UN summit: NCDs are complex but not complicated, here are 14 facts on the non communicable … »