Radio National’s Background Briefing this Sunday is about the struggle of residents of a western suburb in Adelaide who are trying to stop a McDonalds restaurant being built within 200 metres of a primary…
It's expected that the removal of trademarked images, designs and colours from tobacco packaging will make smoking less attractive.
Valentin.Ottone
Health Minister Nicola Roxon announced today that the implementation of plain packaging for tobacco products will be pushed back until December 1 next year.
The Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill passed through…
The 2009 CHOGM meeting held in Port of Spain joined the call to put NCDs on the global agenda.
AAP
CHOGM: As the leaders of Commonwealth nations prepare to meet in Perth this week, The Conversation is examining the role of the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) Meeting.
In our latest…
Don Draper may like a smoke but the madmen of the tobacco industry do all they can to undermine public health.
collider.com
Non-communicable diseases – Matthew Rimmer examines plain packaging as a way to curb tobacco use. Smoking is one of the biggest causes of non-communicable diseases.
In an episode of the television show…
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon addresses the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs on September 19, 2011.
UN Photo/Marco Castro
Non-communicable diseases – Professor Stephen Leeder looks at what came out of the UN meeting on NCDs.
Despite the lack of definite goals and targets, the United Nations High-Level Meeting in New York…
The most promising interventions to curb obesity's prevalence target the population as a whole rather than individuals.
Tobyotter
Non-communicable diseases – Lennert Veerman examines the reasons for the obesity epidemic and options for controlling it.
Obesity levels are on the rise the world over. This is a sign that something is…
Focussing on 'harmful' alcohol use means attention is diverted from reducing alcohol intake across the population.
Visit Greenwich
Non-communicable diseases – Paula O'Brien looks at the what The Lancet NCD Action Group and the NCD Alliance name as one of the priority interventions for mitigating the impact of NCDs: reduction in hazardous…
The UN is holding a High-Level meeting on September 19-20 to discuss the impact of NCDs.
AAP
Non-communicable diseases – The first in our series of articles about non-communicable diseases is a contribution from the emeritus director of the Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO), who provides…
The UN General Assembly will discuss a global approach to combating non-communicable diseases in September.
AAP
Australia has done well by international comparison in addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) over the past fifty years and while there remains much to do, we could play a leading role in the upcoming…
