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Global health spending grows but more money needed for primary care - WHO
Announcements | 25th February 2019
Global spending on health is growing, with data from 2000-2016 showing more domestic public funding and less external financing, says a new WHO report.
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Apply by 3 March to attend interactive hearing and UN HLM on UHC
Announcements | 20th February 2019
Applications will be accepted until 3 March for special accreditation to the interactive multi-stakeholder hearing for the UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
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UHC on the NCD Café menu at AMREF Africa Health Agenda 2019
Announcements | 19th February 2019
Universal Health Coverage and multisectoral action will be themes of the NCD Café that NCD Alliance is hosting at the AMREF Africa Health Agenda International Conference 2019.
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PMAC2019: the political economy of NCDs - A call to a whole of society approach
Announcements | 13th February 2019
The 2019 Prince Mahidol Award Conference took place in Bangkok from 29 January to the 3rd February. Strong calls by members of NCD civil society and academia contributed to productive conversations on how negative influence by unhealthy commodity industries could be better prevented and closely regulated.
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Uniting national and regional stakeholders to ensure high level commitment to UHC
Announcements | 12th February 2019
A Forum was held right after UHC Day 2018 (12 Dec) in Dubai, UAE gathering national and regional stakeholders to unify efforts towards UHC in the context of SDGs, highlighting the need to improve prevention and early detection of NCDs and to transform health insurance systems to ensure continuity of care.
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Packed WHO Executive Board meeting sets next steps on NCDs, looks ahead to UHC HLM
Announcements | 11th February 2019
The 144th session of the WHO’s Executive Board took place from 24 January – 1 February 2019 with an exceptionally full agenda. Here is our pick of most relevant discussions for NCDs.
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Broken bones - Broken lives
Announcements | 10th February 2019
IOF's new report, "Broken bones, broken lives: A roadmap to solve the fragility fracture crisis in Europe," (with country-specific editions), provides new evidence that the clinical, societal and cost burdens associated with fragility fractures in Europe are a growing public health concern requiring urgent action.
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Let’s act before it’s too late: India action for mental health
Announcements | 09th February 2019
Arogya World is making a clarion call to improve the recognition of mental health as part of healthy workplaces in India. At the annual 2018 Healthy Workplace Conference, the Bangalore Statement was issued facilitating new pledges and commitments from companies for mental health programmes.