Sentences with phrase «leading health organisations»

This opinion is shared by several leading health organisations, including the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council and American Public Health Association.

1 May 2015 Media Statement Australian beverages industry responds to Cambridge University study linking soft drinks and diabetes «Leading health organisations, including the World Diabetes Federation, agree that the known risk factors for type 2 diabetes include lifestyle factors, such as obesity and sedentary behaviour, as well as family history, age and ethnicity — not -LSB-...]

Leading health organisations, such as the World Health Organization, cite smoking, overweight and obesity, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity as risk factors for heart disease and stroke.

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The FSIC is a health promotion charity supported by state and territory health and food safety agencies, local government, and leading professional, industry and community organisations.

Formerly the National Heart Forum, the UK Health Forum is a leading alliance of over 40 national organisations working to prevent the range of non-communicable diseases that share common risk factors such as unhealthy diets, smoking and lack of physical activity.

In the UK, Baby Milk Action coordinate a project monitoring the baby food industry on behalf of the Baby Feeding Law Group a coalition of leading health professional and mother support organisations.

Breastfeeding welcome everywhere Leading health advocate organisation denounces Danone's attempt to make breastfeeding appear a niche activity.

The Julie Crawford Award for Breastfeeding Support is an award given by the Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG), a coalition of leading health professional and lay organisations, set up in 1997, to monitor and campaign to bring UK and EU legislation in line with World Health Assembly Resoluhealth professional and lay organisations, set up in 1997, to monitor and campaign to bring UK and EU legislation in line with World Health Assembly ResoluHealth Assembly Resolutions.

Leading mother support and health worker organisations in the UK have signed an open letter calling for coordinated action to empower mothers who want to breastfeed.

A national sustainable Strategy Board, including representatives from all the voluntary groups, health professional organisations, and NGOs to share best practice between devolved nations coordinated by a high level funded lead specialist.

The Baby Feeding law Group (BFLG) is a coalition of 22 leading health professional and lay organisations such as the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health and the Royal College of Midwives, all working to bring UK and EU legislation in line with World Health Assembly Resoluhealth professional and lay organisations such as the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health and the Royal College of Midwives, all working to bring UK and EU legislation in line with World Health Assembly ResoluHealth and the Royal College of Midwives, all working to bring UK and EU legislation in line with World Health Assembly ResoluHealth Assembly Resolutions.

It is an initiative led by The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), supported by UNICEF, the World Health Organisation (WHO), and many breastfeeding organisations worldwide.

Leading mother support and health worker organisations in the...

Leading sexual and reproductive health organisations, Marie Stopes international (MSI), is teaming up with The Guardian newspaper and seven other development agencies (NGOs) to launch a unique journalism competition this week.

Moving People is a groundbreaking and diverse programme of national and local activity, led by four mental health organisations - Mental Health Media, Mind, Rethink, and the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College Lhealth organisations - Mental Health Media, Mind, Rethink, and the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College LHealth Media, Mind, Rethink, and the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London.

Six of England's leading mental health organisations have joined forces to produce a manifesto, laying out what the next Government must do to improve the lives of people with mental health problems.

The consensus statement calls for national sport funders and policy organisations to take the lead in ensuring that oral health is regularly assessed, especially pre-season, to allow for personalisation of prevention plans and early treatment of any disease.

In 2002, he founded the Alliance for Natural Health International (ANH - Intl) which has become one of the leading, not - for - profit campaign organisations working globally to promote more sustainable healthcare systems through the use of natural and bio-compatible approaches.

Increasing national focus on sugar content has led many influential experts and organisations, including Cancer Research and the UK Health Forum to back the introduction of a Sugar Tax and it was announced last year by the government that this would be introduced in 2018 for soft drinks.

Based on an extensive «horizon scan» of more than 50 cross-sectoral organisations (including education, arts, technology, business, health etc.), the report identifies five global trends in innovative approaches to professional learning and performance and development: Integrated, Immersive, Design - led, Market - led and Open.

About Anxiety 2014 Anxiety 2014 presents a dynamic programme of visual art, film, performance, music, dance, theatre and talks spanning venues across London, including leading arts organisations, universities, health care institutions and community centres.

The RUAF Foundation organises electronic conferences in cooperation with leading international organisations, including E-conferences on: «Urban agriculture, nutrition and health» with UN FAO (Rome); «Integration of urban agriculture into urban land use planning» with UN Habitat (Nairobi); «Productive reuse of organic wastes and wastewater» with IWMI (Sri Lanka); «Urban aquaculture» with Stirling University (Scotland); and «The dynamics of urban food systems» with Wageningen University (the Netherlands).

She has also developed a reputation as a respected specialist in the regulation of health and social care, representing many leading national organisations in the sector.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the leading medical authority on mental health in the United Kingdom and is the professional and educational organisation for doctors specialising in psychiatry...

WR Health & Social Care is searching for an accomplished Registered Nurse - RGN - that is keen to pursue a new role with one of the UK's leading private healthcare organisations at their hospital in East London.

A leading international retail service brand have an exciting opportunity for a Health and Safety Manager to join their successful organisation.

Established in 2005, Dean Healthcare is a leading health and social care recruitment agency which offers services to some of the most prestigious and well thought of organisations in the UK.

I know you have some talented men on the Board and working in the Secretariat, and crucially out in the health system — serving our people everyday, but it is great to see so many strong women up front and leading this important organisation in the service of our peoples.

A world - leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on the mental health of young people.

The National Rural Health Alliance said in a Croakey piece that Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations need more funding security if Australia is to keep up with any gains made in Indigenous health outcomes, saying this is particularly important for programs with long lead times (such as smoking cessation progHealth Alliance said in a Croakey piece that Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations need more funding security if Australia is to keep up with any gains made in Indigenous health outcomes, saying this is particularly important for programs with long lead times (such as smoking cessation progHealth Organisations need more funding security if Australia is to keep up with any gains made in Indigenous health outcomes, saying this is particularly important for programs with long lead times (such as smoking cessation proghealth outcomes, saying this is particularly important for programs with long lead times (such as smoking cessation programs).

That's the underlying challenge in the submission to the proposed changes lodged yesterday, the final day for public input, by the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee — a coalition of Australia's leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous health and human rights organisations.

«As Chair of this organisation I have been privileged to work with professional health bodies, leading health advocacy groups and consumer organisations that have also shared in a vision for primary health care,» he said.

It will be interesting to know if mainstream health organisations have also made such a submission, given the growing body of evidence about the impact of racism on health which has led some experts to say that means we need to look at toughening racial discrimination laws, not weakening them.

Gordon has built a leading national organisation from a cottage industry to a now indispensable professional body that advocates on behalf of rural and remote health.

The Australian Government and leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health organisations have committed to an agenda to achieve health equity over a generation.

Informed by the beyondblue Postnatal Depression Research Program between 2001 - 2005 beyondblue joined with leading experts and organisations in perinatal mental health to develop a National Action Plan.

mindhealthconnect is a way to access a range of trusted high - quality online information and self - help programs from Australia's leading mental health organisations and was launched in 2012 as part of the Australian Government's National eMental Health Strhealth organisations and was launched in 2012 as part of the Australian Government's National eMental Health StrHealth Strategy.

The Redfern Statement, covered in full by Croakey here, is the result of an historic collaboration between 16 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak organisations, supported by many more health groups and NGOs, to produce a call for Government action to produce policies that will «meaningfully address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage», in the lead - up to the election.

Most egregiously, this has led to the axing of primary health care research, development and evaluation with the loss of the PHCRED Strategy and BEACH; mental health reforms floundering between Primary Health Networks and the National Disability Insurance Scheme; and efforts to Close the Gap on Indigenous disadvantage making little progress due to significant budget cuts and program delivery increasingly removed from Indigenous organisahealth care research, development and evaluation with the loss of the PHCRED Strategy and BEACH; mental health reforms floundering between Primary Health Networks and the National Disability Insurance Scheme; and efforts to Close the Gap on Indigenous disadvantage making little progress due to significant budget cuts and program delivery increasingly removed from Indigenous organisahealth reforms floundering between Primary Health Networks and the National Disability Insurance Scheme; and efforts to Close the Gap on Indigenous disadvantage making little progress due to significant budget cuts and program delivery increasingly removed from Indigenous organisaHealth Networks and the National Disability Insurance Scheme; and efforts to Close the Gap on Indigenous disadvantage making little progress due to significant budget cuts and program delivery increasingly removed from Indigenous organisations.

We believe there is a joint responsibility for both levels of government to commit the appropriate resources and funding to be able to enable governments, and preferably the Aboriginal controlled health organisations, to take the lead in implementing those recommendations.»

The individuals and organisations releasing statements yesterday were in favour of a wide - ranging examination of the NT Juvenile Justice system, with some, including the Change the Record coalition, the National Family Violence Prevention Legal Services and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) pointing out that the problems were not confined to one Australian Territory, and the Commission should lead to a national examination of both the conditions of juvenile detention and the factors playing into the unacceptably high number of Indigenous children and youth in prison.

Kevin Rudd presented his report card on closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage and life expectancy to Parliament today (correction, it was actually on Thurs 11th), but he got a much tougher assessment from a «shadow report» released by Close the Gap, a coalition of more than 40 of Australia's leading health, human rights and Aboriginal organisations.

If more mental health professionals and organisations engage meaningfully with the process of making apologies to indigenous peoples, in Australia and other places, this may lead to further work on reconciliation between our professions and those individuals and families who have felt damaged more than helped at times by contact with our professions.

Close the Gap is a coalition of more than 40 of Australia's leading health, human rights and Aboriginal organisations.

Tauli - Corpuz said the IAS had severely undermined capacity of Indigenous - led initiatives in health, housing and legal services and funding cuts appeared to have specifically targeted organisations working in advocacy to stifle freedom of expression, a development she described as «deeply troubling».

ReachOut is Australia's leading online mental health and organisation for young people and their parents.

By John KennedyThe founder of Irish youth health and activism website SpunOut.ie has stepped down and the hunt is on for a new director to lead the organisation.

In April 2007, 40 of Australia's leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous health peak bodies and human rights organisations joined forces to launch a campaign to «Close the Gap» on health inequality.

In part, this was a response to the Campaign for Indigenous Health Equality, led by the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, the Australian Indigenous Doctors» Association, the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses, the Indigenous Dentists» Association of Australia, Oxfam Australia, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, and myself and involving a coalition of 40 or so concerned organisations.

The National Indigenous Health Equality Targets were developed by the Close the Gap coalition, with input from leading organisations with a stake in Aboriginal health, following the first - ever Indigenous Health Equality Summit in March thisHealth Equality Targets were developed by the Close the Gap coalition, with input from leading organisations with a stake in Aboriginal health, following the first - ever Indigenous Health Equality Summit in March thishealth, following the first - ever Indigenous Health Equality Summit in March thisHealth Equality Summit in March this year.