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Week Five: Cross-Cutting Themes in NCDs

Module 5 continues the discussion on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by assessing some of the most important cross-cutting themes in global health. These include the relationship between the environment and health, as well as and nutrition and health. They also include an assessment of the health of children and adolescents. 

Videos

Climate Change and NCDs

Breathtaking: What is PM 2.5?

Nutrition and NCDs

Adolescents and NCDs

Week Five Required Readings

NCDs and Climate Change: Shared Opportunities for Action. NCD Alliance.

International Food Policy Research Institute. Global Nutrition Report 2015: Actions and Accountability to Advance Nutrition and Sustainable Development. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2015.

NCD Alliance, Nutrition, Physical Activity & Prevention Briefing, June 2011.

PLAN International, Noncommunicable Diseases and Adolescents, December 2017. 

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