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Healthy Stadia hosts webinar on the commercial determinants of health in sport

On Wednesday 29th March, Healthy Stadia hosted a webinar on the commercial determinants of health in sport. This also served as the book launch of Sport, Sponsorship and Public Health by Robin Ireland, the Director of Research at Healthy Stadia.

New publication on the cost of inaction on physical activity

On 5 December, The Lancet published a new article together with WHO on the cost of inaction on physical activity, following the recent publication of the first Global Status Report on Physical Activity.

WHO highlights unacceptable cost of physical inactivity in first-ever global report

WHO published its first ever Global status report on physical activity. This report is a wake-up call which aims to measure the extent to which governments are implementing recommendations to increase physical activity across all ages and abilities; what progress has been made, and how to scale it up.

New WHO publication on urban design: how cities can promote physical activity and healthy diets

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a major cause of death and disability around the world, and physical inactivity is one of the main risk factors for NCDs. 23% of global deaths are due to modifiable environmental factors.

WHO celebrates World Health Day 2022 on April 7th with the ‘Our Planet, Our Health’ theme

On 7th April 2022, the World Health Organization celebrated World Health Day. The theme changes every year to highlight a new public health issue, and this year’s theme was “Our Planet, our Health” to raise awareness of the ways in which climate change and health are closely interlinked. This WHO campaign is in line with the One Health approach, which is also emphasized by the European Commission.

WHO launches the International Strategic Dialogue on Noncommunicable Diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals

On 12th April 2022, WHO launched its new International Strategic Dialogue on Noncommunicable Diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals.

WHO Executive Board unanimously approves new NCD initiatives

The WHO Executive Board approved several new noncommunicable disease (NCD) initiatives during their 150th meeting on 24th-29th January.

Special focus on NCDs at the WHO 150th Executive Board meeting

The World Health Organisation’s Executive Board is meeting for the 150th time from 24th-29th January, and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases will be prominent on the agenda as several initiatives will be discussed.

WHO holds conferences on Health Promotion and tackling NCDs

From 13th-15th December the WHO held the 10th Global Conference on Health Promotio

WHO launches the Fair Play advocacy brief for building a strong physical activity system

The last WHO webinar of the reINVENT & reBUILD webinar series titled: unlock the impact of more active societies, took place on October 14th.