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FFD3: Good outcomes for health and NCDs
Announcements | 17th July 2015
The major outcome of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3), which concluded yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was the adoption of an outcome document containing a series of measures to renew and enhance global commitments for financing sustainable development.
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FFD: Packed room and great discussion at NCD Alliance side event
Announcements | 16th July 2015
What are the most effective means of sustainable financing for prevention and control of NCDs? This question set the tone for the side event held last Tuesday 14 July, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the margins of the Third International Conference of Financing for Development (FFD3).
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New mapping of CSO in SEAR region launched
Announcements | 15th July 2015
We are pleased to announce the launch of the WHO SEARO and NCD Alliance mapping of civil society organisations working to prevent and control NCDs in the South East Asia Region (SEAR).
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NCD Alliance side event: Sustainable financing for NCDs in the post-2015 development agenda
Announcements | 13th July 2015
Against the backdrop of the Third International Conference of Financing for Development (FfD3) in Addis Ababa, this side event will examine means of sustainable financing for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), as part of efforts to strengthen national health systems.
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WHO lays out plan for financing new global health goal
Announcements | 13th July 2015
WHO is urging countries to move towards universal health coverage (UHC) and to scale up international investment in catalytic development funding. The call comes as world leaders convene in Ethiopia, for the Third UN Financing for Development Conference, to discuss ways to pay for the new Sustainable Development Goals, to be launched in New York in September 2015.
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AAP calls to include children in SDGs
Announcements | 09th July 2015
The 17 sustainable development goals currently being negotiated by U.N. member states represent a global commitment to ending extreme poverty and increasing equity. These goals expand and continue the work of the Millennium Development Goals, which will be expiring at the end of 2015.
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WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2015 launched
Announcements | 08th July 2015
The continued success in global tobacco control is detailed in this year’s WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2015: substantial progress has been made since the entry into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) ten years ago.
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NCDs, disability and ageing: Interrelated challenges in the post-2015 era
Announcements | 05th July 2015
Today just over a billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the global population, experience a form of disability. These can be short- or long-term impairments and often place a person at a disadvantage for full, equitable participation in society.