• Observe World Cancer Day, on February 4, 2011.
• Give press Release and advertise campaign statement on newspapers TV and radio.
• Panel discussion on television and radio, on February 10, 2011.We are looking for sponsors to cover cost of the panel. Estimated cost of panel discussion will be Birr 70,000( 5,000 USD) of which most of the money goes to TV and Radio Stations.
• Launching and familiarization of Strategic Framework and the newly establishedEthiopian NCD Consortium on February 15, 2011 .We will try to invite the highest official we can get, such as Head of State or Head of Government of Ethiopia. Estimated number of participants will be 200, including invited people from concerned officials from Government, NGOs, International Organizations. We are looking for sponsors and supporters to cover the cost of a daylong program, including transport and accommodation allowances for invited guests from all regions of the country, refreshment and cost of publication of various brochures, posters, banners, advertisement. Familiarization and launching program: We are hoping to get CCRDA conference facility free of charge. The rest services, including lunch and refreshment for 200 participant, travel and accommodation costs for invited people from regions, etc.Estimated cost will be Birr 50,000 (3,000 USD).
• Walk program to commemorate World Cancer and World Childhood Cancer Days, Strategic Framework, the Ethiopian NCDs Consortium and the UN Summit on Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) taking place in September 2011.Estimated cost of the program including printing t-shirt, posters, banners, fliers, continuous advertisement once in a while up to September 2011, UN General Assembly meeting in New York the main Agenda of which will be NCDs.Total estimated cost will be Birr 120,000 (7,200 USD).Accordingly the total cost of the three events will be Birr 240,000 (15,000 USD). As you have already knew,non-communicable diseases (NCDs) - namely cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes - cause 60% of all global deaths, but receive just 2.3% of international development assistance for health. 80% of deaths caused by NCDs occur in developing countries. Yet, the international community displays no sense of urgency or outrage about NCDs, the silent killer that is threatening development and economic progress. The glaring omission of NCDs from the global development agenda is reflected in the programme of the EU forum, with the biggest killer in the world failing to get a mention at this important international development forum. For this reason the NCD Alliance - comprised of the International Diabetes Federation, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), and the World Heart Federation (WHF) - is filling this gap by holding a side-session on NCDs in least developed countries. "Low-income countries are facing a growing burden of NCDs which are derailing progress and threatening already vulnerable health systems," IDF President Jean Claude Mbanya told the EU forum. "The time for the world to act on NCDs is now." "The UN Summit is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to address NCDs. We either use it or lose it," said Professor Mbanya. "The 'NCD blindness' of the international community must end. NCDs are a development problem impacting upon the lives and wellbeing of the bottom billion poorest people. We know what to do - we have cost-effective solutions for preventing and treating NCDs. Now we need resources and the global political will for action," he added.

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