Devex: U.N. meeting on NCDs falls short on hard commitments, civil society say “The third United Nations high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases may result in a broader dialogue, but will not likely lead to any immediate new financing or strong global commitments. That’s the main takeaway of civil society experts…

Foreign Affairs: Health Without Wealth Thomas J. Bollyky, director of the global health program and senior fellow for global health, economics, and development at the Council on Foreign Relations “…There is no worthier goal than reducing unnecessary pain and preventing deaths, especially among children. … [T]he world needs to pair…

World Economic Forum: How we can work together in the fight against NCDs Jan Kimpen, chief medical officer at Philips, and Pete Troilo, director of global advisory and analysis at Devex, discuss the role of the global community in preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), writing, “[A]ll stakeholders must work…

Devex: At NCD summit, a push to address ignored disease burden “More than two-thirds of global deaths each year can be traced to noncommunicable diseases, a new study by The Lancet has found. But while much of the talk on NCDs has revolved around reducing premature deaths from just four…

American Council on Science and Health: The Lancet Holds The World Health Organization Accountable For Their Pie Crust Promise Chuck Dinerstein, senior medical fellow at the American Council on Science and Health, discusses challenges to progress on global non-communicable diseases (NCDs), highlighting The Lancet’s recent NCD Countdown 2030 report on trends…

BMJ Opinion: Why doctors should support regulated markets in illicit drugs Michel Kazatchkine, doctor and former executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis; Pavel Bém, doctor and former mayor of Prague and drug czar of the Czech Republic; Helen Clark, former minister of health and…

U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: A Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem This blog post highlights Twitter posts related to a meeting on the Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem held Monday during the 73rd session of the United Nations’ General Assembly and chaired…

Devex: Opinion: Investing in NCD prevention to finance sustainable development Eduardo P. Banzon, principal health specialist in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department of the Asian Development Bank “…The lack of investments [in NCDs] in many countries … makes it crucial to reframe NCDs as a development issue rather…

Reuters: Some 129 countries sign up to Trump’s pledge at U.N. to fight drugs “Some 129 countries at the United Nations signed on to a U.S.-drafted pledge to fight the global drug problem on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump warned presented a public health and national security threat…” (Nichols/Mason,…

Project Syndicate: Governments Must Stand Up for Health Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO “…[W]hile TB and NCDs are very different types of health threats, the best response to them is the same: We must build stronger health systems that are capable of delivering universal health coverage (UHC).…