CEO Perspective

Speech given to the Global TB Caucus - Parliamentary Consultation in New York.

There is a perfect storm brewing on the African continent between smoking, HIV and tuberculosis and diabetes.

This World Cancer Day, as we recommit to reducing cancer’s toll, we have the opportunity to look beyond diagnosis and treatment and work to prevent cancer before it starts .

The cost of inaction on preventable non-communicable diseases (NCDs): The spread of unnecessary long-term suffering around the world. My interview with the Financial Times.

Here in Sharjah, we took critical steps as a civil society movement to identify our advocacy priorities that put people at the centre of our work.

Noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and mental and neurological conditions are the global health tsunami of the 21st century.

No person, regardless of where they are born, should be denied access to inexpensive, life-saving treatment for a curable disease.

What practical issues need to be addressed in order for the National TB control Programme to be more involved in tobacco control?

The world is in the throes of a non-communicable disease (NCD) epidemic.