The IDF Diabetes Complications Congress 2020 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on 3-5 December 2020. This is the second in a new IDF series of live educational events focused on tackling the issues around complications associated with diabetes. The increase in rates of diabetes across the globe brings with it an increase in diabetes complications. Poor...
Date: 17 February 2021 Time: 13:00-14:30 CET / 19:00-20:30 GMT+7 The WHO Department for NCDs and Department of Health Promotion will hold an upcoming NCD Hard Talks webinar titled “Reducing Risks, Averting Deaths! Leveraging Systems for NCD Prevention.” A large proportion of NCDs can be prevented if their risk factors are addressed and conditions are changed...
Co-organised by the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and the European Public health Conference (EPH), the 14th EPH conference will be virtually held from 10 to 12 November 2021. Themes of the 14th EPH Conference is "Public health futures in a changing world". Subthemes of the conference include: Public health practice, training and workforces for...
SUNI-SEA will organise an online workshop during the European Public Health (EPH) Conference on 12 November 2021, at 11.30 hrs CET. Three topics will be discussed during the workshop: Adaptation of general training materials in health programme to meet the needs of local communities: achieving culturally sensitive training programmes Lessons learned from Intergenerational Solidarity Clubs:...
Every year in November, the GACD holds its flagship event – the Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM). Exclusively for researchers and implementing partners working on GACD funded projects past and present, and invited funding agency representatives, the ASM is a major knowledge sharing and networking event. The aims of the ASM are: To provide a platform for information flow from individual GACD projects...
The Economist will organise the 2nd annual Future of Healthcare Week Asia between 22-25 November 2021. At this 4 day virtual and in-person event, policymakers, healthcare providers, academics and scientists will come together with representatives from industry, patient associations, charities and the finance sector to examine the COVID-19 aftermath and how to solve the vulnerabilities...
Implementation research projects in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the government policy to lockdown and limit mobility in all of the project sites. This has affected community engagement at both primary health care and community organisation levels. Also, researchers could not visit the project sites to...
The GACD workshop on Planetary health, NCDs, and implementation will delve into the synergies between climate change, the environment, and NCDs; highlight the rationale for the upcoming GACD grant call; and explore the role of implementation research in planetary health. Date: Wednesday 20 July 2022 Time: Sitting A 07:00—08:30 UTC and Sitting B 17:00—18:30 UTC....
In 2022, the campaign theme is "Invest to Protect." It is all about prioritising the urgent need for increased NCD financing to prevent and treat NCDs and build resilient health systems that leave no one behind. Visit https://actonncds.org/ for more detail, campaign resources and how you can join this movement!
Virtual event on 8 September 2022, 14:30 – 16:00 CET / 19:30 – 21:00 ICT Co-hosted by the NCD Alliance, World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Diabetes Foundation, this event will bring focus to the urgency of investing in NCD prevention and care. It will also start the discussion on what success at the Second...
