In response to the global public health challenge posed by the rapidly growing NCD burden, the Fifty-third World Health Assembly passed a resolution in 2000, endorsing a Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases. The progress of implementation of the Global Strategy Action Plan, was the topic...

Civil war broke up two years ago in Syria, and has resulted in massive loss of life, limb and property. The real dimension of the humanitarian tragedy in Syria is still largely under-estimated. Internally-displaced persons have not been accounted yet, while more than a million refugees have been registered by...

Call for Suggestions and Nominations! The IEA World Congress of Epidemiology invites all IEA members to propose workshop and session themes, as well as suggest speakers with the expertise to address those topic areas for the 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology 2014 To submit a suggestion or nomination visit:...