The tobacco industry and its products, which have a deadly impact on people’s lives, cost the world’s economies more than US$ 1 trillion annually in healthcare expenditures and lost productivity, according to findings published in ‘The Economies of Tobacco and Tobacco Control.’ Around 6 million people die annually as a result of tobacco use, with most of them living in developing countries. Policies to control tobacco use, including tobacco tax and price
increases, can generate significant government revenues for health and
development work, according to this new landmark global report from WHO and the National Cancer Institute of the United States of America.
[Click here to see webinar recording] [Listen or Download audio podcast] In lead up to 2017 World Cancer Day this webinar aims to review if we are on track in reducing cancer deaths by one-third by 2030 (as well as other commitments made in SDGs in this regard).
Looking
back at interviews with global health experts featured in over 400 articles published by CNS Correspondents in Asian and
African countries in 2016, we are compelled to say that each voice that was documented was invaluable and a 'must-heard' voice for discourses on sustainable development. We cannot
overemphasize the importance of each of these spotlight interviews and
critical issues they highlighted.
Looking
back at over 150 video-articles produced by CNS Correspondents in Asian and
African countries in 2016, we are compelled to say that each video-article, and the issue it focussed on, is so very important, even
today! We cannot
overemphasize the importance of each of these spotlight video-articles and
critical issues they highlighted.
In a webinar organised for the media by Citizen News Service, titled ‘Are we on track to reduce breast cancer deaths by 1/3 by 2030?’ medical experts and breast cancer survivors shared their views on how to reduce deaths from this dreaded cancer.
(First published in TheIndiasaga.com)