Paris Climate Agreement Signing

Wed, 04/13/2016

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited all world leaders to UN HQ in New York on 22 April for a signing ceremony of the Paris climate agreement, agreed in December 2015.

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UN Secretary-General candidate informal dialogues

Tue, 04/12/2016

The President of the General Assembly has invited the eight candidates that have been formally presented for the role of UN Secretary-General to participate in informal dialogues from 12 – 14 April.

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Financing for Development Follow-up Forum

Tue, 04/12/2016

The inaugural ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development (FfD) follow-up will be held from 18 – 20 April at UN HQ in New York.

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UNGASS on the world drug problem

Mon, 04/11/2016

The UN General Assembly will convene a special session on the world drug problem from 19 – 21 April at UN HQ in New York.

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East Africa: Regional advocacy planning in focus

Thu, 04/07/2016

The 2nd Capacity building workshop of the East Africa NCD Alliance will be taking place in Nairobi this 8th-9th April.

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Breakthrough in treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

According to the landmark Barbados Diabetes Reversal Study, a combination of diet and exercise can lead to people with Type 2 Diabetes coming off medication and maintaining low blood sugar, effectively meaning that it could be possible to put Type 2 Diabetes into remission.

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Tobacco addiction and the right to health

Sat, 04/02/2016

For the first time, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights takes up tobacco use as a human rights issue during a hearing on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 in Washington DC.

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New policy brief on climate change and NCDs launched today

Thu, 03/31/2016

We are pleased to announce that today we have launched a joint policy brief with the Global Climate and Health Alliance on climate change and NCDs.

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Success for public health at Paris climate talks – Now where is health at Habitat III?

Read our new guest blog on why climate change, urbanisation, and NCDs are inextricably linked. By Isobel Braithwaite (Global Climate and Health Alliance) and Jessica Beagley (NCD Alliance).

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