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The Forum of International Respiratory Societies launches world’s first Global Charter for Lung Health.

The upcoming Global Conference on NCDs can accelerate our progress on reducing by one-third the premature deaths from NCDs.

At a side event today at the 70th World Health Assembly, Uruguay’s Public Health Minister joined experts from five global health organizations to call for urgent action to improve lung health and reduce the burden of respiratory disease, which accounts for five of the 30 most common causes of death.

It is time to recognize that psoriasis is a non-communicable disease. It is time to include psoriasis in the global response to NCDs.

Vital Strategies has welcomed the appointment of Ethiopia’s Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of World Health Organization.

Now is the moment to highlight progress made on commitments from the 2014 High Level Meeting on NCDs and redouble our efforts.

Top health officials from every nation will gather in Geneva for the World Health Assembly, where they will elect a new head of the WHO.

The NCD Alliance has become a full-fledged organization – shifting from an informal alliance to a standalone NGO.