NCDs
This disease is the number 1 cause of death globally
What is cardiovascular disease?
The Center for GNCDs has conducted investment cases in 15 countries that analyzed the policy measures recommended by this international treaty.
What is the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control?
Our investment case for reducing NCD risk factors among adolescents found reducing this risk factor had the highest return on investment.
What is tobacco use?
This global agreement included the aim of reducing premature mortality due to NCDs by one third.
What are the Sustainable Development Goals?
The Center for GNCDs has developed a costing tool and training video to support country implementation of the Global HEARTS initiative, which aims to reduce premature mortality from these two conditions.
What are heart attacks and strokes?
This category of conditions was the most common NCD topic for the projects proposed by young professionals participating in the YSEALI-ENGAGE workshop.
What are mental health disorders?
These four risk factors are most commonly associated with NCDs.
What are: tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity?
In 2017, Garrison Spencer climbed this mountain, the tallest freestanding mountain in the world?
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
Erica Kocher lived in this country in the Pacific while studying obesity for her MPH thesis.
What is Samoa?
This is where over 85% of premature deaths due to NCDs occur.
What are low- and middle-income countries?
Rachel Nugent lived in this European city for 4 years while working for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
What is Rome?
This painting by French Impressionist Claude Monet is on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is Ishu Kataria’s favorite work.
What is “Water Lilies”?
This is the newest NCD risk factor to be included in WHO's framework.
What is air pollution?
Brian Hutchinson was once ranked among the Top 150 players of the Facebook version of this tile-matching game, originally designed by Soviet Russian software engineer Alexey Pajitnov.
What is Tetris?
Carrie Ngongo’s first job was dissecting the ovaries out of this animal.
What are fruit flies?