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For those following the threat of non communicable diseases, especially in developing countries, you may be interested in a blog post on this subject by Global Health Council Policy Manager Craig Moscetti.

Is this an "AIDS Moment" for NCDs?

"Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are arguably one of the greatest threats to global health and economic development in the coming decades and many in the global health community are hoping the…

January 26, 2011

Media Contact: Laura Diamond

Ph: 202-375-7818

Email: LDiamond@prevent.org

FIELDING AND SEFFRIN APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF ADVISORY GROUP ON PREVENTION, HEALTH PROMOTION AND INTEGRATIVE AND PUBLIC…

For those interested in the ongoing global discussion concerning the impact of non communicable diseases, there is an event scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 27 at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on this subject.  The event will be webcast live, beginning at 10 am Eastern Standard Time (9 am Central, 8 am Mountain, 7 am Pacific) at:…

Do you think that HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB are the world's top killers? Many people do, but they are also wrong. By far and away the globe's most potent causes of death, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), are chronic illnesses, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes. These together kill more than 35 million people every year, approximately 60 percent of all deaths worldwide. By comparison, in 2009, the infectious disease AIDS…

In what is being called an aggressive estimate of how climate change will affect agriculture, a new report by the Universal Ecological Fund argues that rising temperatures will diminish yields of the staple crops rice, wheat…

January 11, 2011

Hector Perez Receives PHI Innovation Award

The Public Health Institute is pleased to announce that Hector Perez, MD, program coordinator of Puentes de Esperanza, is the recipient of the Adeline Hackett Innovations Initiative Small Grant Program for 2010 for a plan to stop the spread of multiple drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among children.…

This study is being released through Strategic Alliance, a coalition of nutrition and physical activity advocates in California. The Strategic Alliance is shifting the debate on nutrition and physical activity

away from a primary focus on personal responsibility and individual choice to one that examines corporate and government practices and the role of the environment in shaping eating and activity behaviors. Find out more at…

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January 10, 2011

PHI Statement on 2011 State Budget Proposal

In response to the governor’s release of a state budget proposal that would make significant cuts to health care and safety net programs, the Public Health Institute has committed to working with the Brown…

Reprinted in full from the Huffington Post. UNITY and Prevention Institute extend their deepest sympathies and condolences to the families and communities in Tucson, and to all those who have been touched by violence across the country.

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There seems to be quite a bit taking place in America on the matter of nutrional information for consumers.

Meat may be labelled soon

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Legislation/USDA-to-require-Nutrition-Facts-on-meat-and-poultry

Nutrition labels help with  weight loss regardless of exercise. …

There is some really promising news this week about women-controlled prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV! Two unique scientific research studies were published that show the promise of multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs), or prevention products that could offer simultaneous prevention of two or more sexual and reproductive health needs, namely STDs, including…