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Tag - Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)

Early morning exercise in Tonga (Conor Ashleigh-DFAT-Flickr)

NCDs in Asia and the Pacific: economics, financing and “best buys” for responding

by Ian Anderson
22 November 2022
Walking for fitness in Nauru (Lorrie Graham-DFAT-Flickr)

NCDs in Asia and the Pacific: recent findings and key challenges

by Ian Anderson
16 November 2022

The costs and affordability of drug treatments for type 2 diabetes and hypertension in Vanuatu

by Ian Anderson, Amanda Sanburg, Howard Aru, Len Tarivonda, Susan Ivatts, Rufina Latu and Jacob Kool
Feb, 2014
Obesity, COVID-19 and the Asia-Pacific

Obesity, COVID-19 and the Asia-Pacific

by Ian Anderson
13 May 2021

The Pacific food revolution will be televised

by Mark Peter Notaras
8 April 2021
Participants in one of the cooking workshops held as part of the NCDs Prevention Roadshow

On the road to reduce NCDs in Nauru

by James Yu, Chih-Chen Chou and Stacey Cain
2 December 2020
Danumurthi Mahendra/Flickr/CC BY 2.0

Smoking on the rise in Indonesia, and other recent WHO NCD findings

by Ian Anderson
13 March 2019
A patient getting a health screening as part of a diabetes program in Bangalore, India (Trinity Care Foundation/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Responding to the NCD epidemic in the Asia Pacific region: supporting accountability

by Barbara McPake, Alan Lopez and Brian Oldenburg
27 April 2018
Discussing diabetes prevention at a health fair in Tonga during Pacific Partnership 2013 (US Pacific Fleet/Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

NCD prevention and control: special challenges in the Pacific

by Ian Anderson
18 April 2018
65th World Health Assembly (2012) (United States Mission Geneva/Flickr/CC BY-ND 2.0)

Latest findings on non-communicable diseases: what is happening in Asia and the Pacific?

by Ian Anderson
16 April 2018
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