Media coverage and press releases

Here you can find a collection of press releases and articles about the GACD from partner organisations and the media. If you have any queries about material linked here or would like to suggest an article to be included please contact our Communications Manager.

April 2017

• Glenda Gray named in Time Magazine's Top 100 influencers
• Can Research Stem the Tide of NCDs?  Glenda Gray blog in the Economist 
• CIHR's Scientific director tackles global NCDs through the GACD alliance.
• Leading researcher Chairs Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - The New Age, South Africa.

November 2016

• Huffington Post blog - Alain Beaudet connecting health and development

September 2016

• McMaster joins international research drive on lung diseases
• Indigenous health research team receive $1.76 million grant to address tobacco use in Canadian aboriginal communities
• U of T researchers receive $1.76 million to tackle Indigenous tobacco use, lung cancer

July 2016

• Collaborative funding for NCDs—a model of research funding - Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Volume 4, No. 9, p725–727, September 2016

June 2016

• Time for mental health to come out of the shadows - The Lancet, Volume 387, No. 10035, p2274–2275, 4 June 2016

May 2016

• Q&A with GACD Chair Alain Beaudet - Fogarty/NIH news
  

April 2016

• GACD announces intention to fund Mental Health Research - GACD press release
• Preventing diabetes overseas: Canadian researchers bring successful health awareness program to the Philippines - CIHR

January 2016

• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases welcomes Argentina as new member - GACD press release
• The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: a partnership blossoms - Fogarty/NIH news
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases partners publish hypertension findings - Fogarty/NIH news

December 2015

• New GACD Board Chair and Chair Elect - GACD press release
• Government of Canada contributes to global effort to tackle chronic lung diseases - CIHR press release

November 2015

• AIIMS to start research on diabetes in pregnant women - The Hindu

August 2015

• GACD funds landmark research into prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes - GACD Press Release

April 2015

• Interview with Research Coordinator Simon Thompson - International Innovation

March 2015

• Young people could play a key role in reducing salt intake in their families - Breaking News

November 2014

• Thailand and Canada join efforts to research chronic disease - Chiangrai Times 
• Thai docs get global platform - Bangkok Post

July 2014

• Global Health: Time to Pay Attention to Chronic Diseases - NIH Director's Blog

May 2014

• Aligning agendas to combat chronic disease - Celina Gorre talks to International Innovation magazine

November 2013

• Diabetes learning from hypertension - GACD Press Release

September 2013

• Funding: Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases tackles diabetes - The Lancet
• GACD Executive Director Celina Gorre TedxTalk on Disruptive Innovation: approaches everyday life and global challenges - Tedx Talks
• India announces intent to fund GACD type 2 Diabetes Call  - Ramesh Shankar, Mumbai

August 2013

• Members of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases open call for applications for research into type 2 diabetes - GACD Press Release

July 2013

• GACD members gather in Beijing to discuss chronic disease prevention and control - Xinhua (in Chinese)
• Members of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases to fund landmark research initiative to reduce impact of diabetes - GACD Press Release
• Health Leaders Discuss Noncommunicable Diseases - NIH Record

June 2013

• Ambassador Goosby speaks to the GACD on Capitol Hill
• Chronic Disease battle needs global collaboration - NIH Fogarty International

April 2013

• Secretary Sibelius on GACD's Hypertension Programme

March 2013 

• How does the GACD approach chronic diseases? - University College London, Institute of Global Health

January 2013

• Symposium: Preventing NCDs Through Low-Carbon Development - The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 
• GACD Intent to Fund Type 2 Diabetes Research - University College London

December 2012

• NCDs are the Largest Global Burden of Diseases - The Lancet
• Fat Chance. The Economist's Obesity Profile: The World is Getting Wider - The Economist 
• GACD Ottawa Meeting - UCL 
• A Grey Area: Do the Elderly Hold the Key to Tackling Non-Communicable Disease? - UCL 

November 2012

• Minimum Price for Alcohol: Saving Lives or Killing Savings? - University College London
• GACD Debate In Parliament: NCDs, Whose Problem Are They? - University College London

October 2012

• Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Prevalence of Risk Factors in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - UCL
• The Challenge of Agenda Setting in Global Health Research - PLOS
• Obesity and Under-Nutrition Prevalent in Long-Term Refugees - PLOS
• Learning from AIDS: Responding to Non-Communicable Diseases - UNAIDS
• Chronic Kidney Disease is a Strong Risk Even Without the Presence of Hypertension or Diabetes - JHSPH 
• Harvard Review of Psychiatry's Special Issue on Global Mental Health - HRP
• Double Burden of Non-Communicable Disease and Infectious Disease in Developing Countries - Science Magazine

August 2012

• Fact Sheet on Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - NHLBI

June 2012

• GACD members fund landmark research to reduce impact of hypertension - University College London News
• Australian Researchers To Study Chronic Disease In Rural India - Asian Scientist
• New Investment in India's Heart Health - George Institute
• Hypertension breaches the income gap - Monash University
• Projects target high blood pressure - Research Professional
• Photos from launch event of the GACD and Dr Francis Collin's (NIH) lecture - University College London Photo Society

January 2012

• Dr Shurin named chair of Global Alliance for Chronic Disease - NHLBI

June 2011

• UCL chosen as host for the GACD Secretariat - UCL News
• UCL chosen as host for the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Secretariat (PDF) - GACD Press Release

February 2011

• Powerful World Alliance of Health Researchers Announces Landmark Pact on Priorities In Fight Against Humanity’s Most Fatal Diseases - NHMRC

December 2010

• Pre-Announcement of a Request for Applications on Implementation Research on Hypertension in Low and Middle Income Countries (PDF) - GACD Press Release

November 2009

• Global Alliance for Chronic Disease to fight against chronic non-communicable diseases - News Medical

June 2009

• Launch of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - The Lancet
• The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - Science Magazine
• Six of the world's foremost health research agencies form alliance to curb humanity's most fatal diseases (PDF) - GACD Press Release

November 2007

• Grand Challenges Global Partnership announced - Nature
• Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases study - Nature