The NCD Alliance - Putting Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases on the Global Agenda - (English) (Spanish)
Here is an excellent powerpoint presentation from the NCD Alliance Webinar on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.

Draft Action Plan on NCDs 2013-20
World Health Organization has approved a draft action plan containing a vision, principles and approaches, a goal, six objectives, and voluntary global targets to be achieved by 2025. The Jan 11 plan will go for con [ ... ]

Our Time:  A Call to Save Preventable Death from CVD. See summary targets.
25% reduction in NCDs by 2025 will require a concerted effort by all. Reductions in tobacco use, improved diets, more active lifestyle, reduced obesity, controlled blood [ ... ]

Healthy Latin American Coalition: meets at UN Summit in New York Sept 2011

 Some members of CLAS find a moment to brief each other on the multitude of activities that took place during the UN Summit on NCDs in Sept 2011.  Since then, the W [ ... ]

8th Civil Society Report on Tobacco Control in Mexico (Spanish)
The InterAmerican Heart Foundation Mexico (FIC México) has just issued the 8th Civil Society Report on Tobacco Control.  This report highlight the successes and challenges that civi [ ... ]

World No Tobacco Day 2013 Toolkit - Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners everywhere mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumptio [ ... ]

Global Bridges Latin America - Durante el LXXII Congreso Nacional de Neumología y Cirugía del Tórax se llevó a cabo un taller de Entrenamiento en el Tratamiento de la Dependencia al Tabaco en Mérida, Yucatán.

The Tobacco Atlas - American Cancer Society and the World Lung Foundation   How much is a life worth? In 2010, the tobacco industry's profit was equivalent to $6,000 for each death caused by tobacco. This video "How Much is a Life Worth?  [ ... ]

Gobierno y SBC Firman Acuerdo para el Programa de Alimentación Saludable

El Gobernador Geraldo Alckmin y Presidente de la Sociedad Brasilera de Cardiología, Jadelson Andrade, firmaron un acuerdo para el programa de alimentación saludable.  D [ ... ]

Obesity and its consequences spreading rapidly around the world.
Clogged arteries and sedentary lifestyles have replaced germs as the world's leading killers. Read more in this article by By JIM LANDERS, The Dallas Morning News,Washington Burea [ ... ]

Dietary Salt Advocacy Tools
Information is power!  The links below contain information about the issue of dietary salt that you can use in your advocacy efforts. WHO Forum on Reducing Salt Intake in Populations Policy Statement - Prev [ ... ]

Patient Fact Sheet on Salt Reduction
Lowering your salt intake = lowering your blood pressure Nearly all people in the Americas eat far too much salt. Many adults and often children are eating over 2 times the amount considered safe for health. Lim [ ... ]

Toronto Charter on Physical Activity 
Physical activity promotes wellbeing, physical and mental health, prevents disease, improves social connectedness and quality of life.  READ MORE...  

Evidence for Physical Activity
There is strong evidence demonstrating the direct and indirect ways physical activity prevents many non-communicable diseases.  READ MORE...

Seven Best Investments in Physical Activity
Physical activity has life long comprehensive health benefits from promoting healthy growth in children to healthy aging in adults. READ MORE...  

Physical Activity Exercise/Physical Activity
Physical inactivity is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Technology and modern lifestyle influences are leading people toward increasingly sedentary existences. Physical inactivity subst [ ... ]