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Media coverage and press releases
A collection of press releases and articles about the GACD from partner organisations and the media.
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GACD spotlight on Maria Lazo-Porras
Dr Maria Lazo-Porras is a physician and epidemiologist and has working as a research scientist in CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Disease – Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru.
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GACD welcomes New Zealand
New Zealand’s Health Research Council has been welcomed as the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases’ fourteenth member.
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GACD lung diseases research programme co-chairs
Congratulations to Kamran Siddiqi (United Kingdom) and Muralidhar Kulkarni (India) on their election as Co-chairs of the GACD Lung Diseases Research Programme.
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Developing countries are ill-equipped to manage the growing chronic-disease burden
As World Health Day is celebrated around the globe on April 7th, the rising burden of chronic diseases in developing countries must become a priority for global health policy.
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How can research stem the tide of the NCD pandemic?
On World Health Day (7 April 2017) governments should consider long-term investments in high-quality peer-reviewed implementation research on tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, in health systems.
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GACD welcomes new Chair for 2017
The Board of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) has welcomed its new Chair, Professor Glenda Gray
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GACD spotlight on Greg Fox
Dr Greg Fox is a respiratory physician and epidemiologist from Sydney University, with a research interest in lung health in resource-limited settings.
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GACD mental health call open
The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) has opened its fourth research call.
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Spotlight on Professor Nancy Edwards
The GACD’s Management Committee plays a critical role in developing the nuts and bolts of the Alliance’s output. The thirteen members from each agency across the globe meet monthly by teleconference and shape the output of our work.
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GACD spotlight on Evon Okidi
Evon has been working on chronic diseases research, primarily hypertension and diabetes studies, for over two years and her research interests are in missing data and causal inference methods.
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GACD spotlight on Deksha Kapoor
Deksha Kapoor is a Research Scientist at the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India.
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5th Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia 2016
The GACD’s 5th Annual Scientific Meeting took place in Sydney, Australia from 17-21 October.
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GACD lung diseases programme launch 2016
The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases has announced its successful grantees, at a reception hosted by the Canadian Embassy in London. Members will be funding over thirteen international research projects in more than 30 countries, representing over USD 55 million of international funding.
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GACD spotlight on Esteve Fernández
Esteve Fernández is the Director of the Tobacco Control Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, Catalan Institute of Oncology.
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Brazil joins the GACD
Brazil’s São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP, has joined the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases.
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GACD: A look to the future
Five years on from its birth, the GACD has become an established organisation with an international reach and a global voice.
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GACD spotlight on Kamran Siddiqi
Kamran Siddiqi is a clinical academic with an international reputation for leading high quality research in the field of lung health.
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Joint publications
Joint publications are one of the more concrete ways of demonstrating the fruits of collaboration.
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GACD spotlight on Arti Pillay
Arti Pillay is a Research Fellow at the Research Centre for the Prevention of Obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases (C-POND) at Fiji National University.