Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)

Live Webcast on NCDs from WEF in Davos

The World Economic Forum will be offering a live webcast of their forum on chronic noncommunicable disease. The event will take place on 27 January from 16:00-17:00 CET and will feature high-level speakers including the UN Secretary-General. The event can be viewed at: http://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2011

The following dimensions will be addressed:
- Impact of chronic disease globally
- Creating political attention
- Cross-industry collaboration.

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations, New York, U
Richard T. Clark, Chairman, Merck, USA
Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Paul E. Jacobs, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm, USA; Telecom Industry Agenda Council
Kendall J. Powell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Mills, USA

Moderated by
Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN International, USA

Noncommunicable disease (NCDs) now account for 60% of global deaths, killing 35 million people each year, 80% of which occur in low- and middle-income countries. The United Nations has announced a High Level Summit on NCDs that will take in New York in September 2011. Dental carries is the most common NCDs and there are important links between oral health and other NCDs such are cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Oral cancer is also important NCDs. The FDI has been actively tracking NCDs at the World Health Organization and made interventions with our sister organizations thought The World Health Professions Alliance. We will continue to be active in the NCD area and encourage all oral health professionals to watch this important event.