Brendan Shaw “Although premature mortality from NCDs is declining in most countries, for most the pace of change is too slow to achieve SDG target 3.4.“ - NCD Countdown 2030, The Lancet, 2020 In a little over 10 years from now – about 122 months or 3,700 days from today – the world will be evaluating how it has gone in achieving the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. These were agreed by all nations at the 2015 UN General Assembly as key goals for the global c

Brendan Shaw More people on the planet die from cardiovascular disease than any other illness or injury. Cardiovascular disease is defined as disorders of the heart and blood vessels. It includes coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, rheumatic heart disease and other conditions. Four out of five deaths from cardiovascular disease occur due to heart attacks and stroke and one-third of deaths occur prematurely to people under the age of 70. Global trends Cardiovascul

“Premature death from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) continues to be one of the major development challenges in the 21st century” - Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, WHO Next week’s United Nations High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in New York comes at just the right time for the global pharmaceutical industry’s major NCD initiative, Access Accelerated. Or perhaps Access Accelerated has come at just the right time for the High Level