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Countdown to HLM on NCDs: advocacy alert!
Announcements | 22nd August 2018
As we near the one-month countdown to the HLM on NCDs, we share some updates regarding preparations for the meeting and advocacy opportunities between now and 27 Sept.
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WHO chief releases first annual letter
Announcements | 22nd August 2018
Dr. Tedros commemorated his first year as WHO Director-General by sharing an annual letter detailing the work of the organisation since he took office in July 2017.
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Uruguay adopts tobacco plain packaging
Announcements | 14th August 2018
Long at the forefront of global tobacco control, Uruguay is leading again, becoming the first country in Latin America to require plain packaging of tobacco products.
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Draft Political Declaration for UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs lacks strength and ambition required to avoid a preventable global health crisis
Press Releases | 08th August 2018
Civil society deplores controversial omission of sugar tax and other critical solutions from the outcome document prepared for the High-Level Meeting on NCDs. -
Youth Day 2018 - Safe spaces for youth
World Days | 07th August 2018
The theme for the United Nations International Youth Day (12 August) is Safe spaces for youth. Online, the day is being marked using the hashtag #youthday.
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Too many newborns not receiving the 'foundation of life'
World Days | 31st July 2018
Roughly three in five babies are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at higher risk of death and disease, say UNICEF and WHO in a new report.
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NCD Alliance Statement of Concern - Poltical Declaration, UN HLM on NCDs
Announcements | 25th July 2018
There is growing concern among NCD civil society about the current state of negotiations on the Political Declaration for the third UN HLM on NCDs. Read NCD Alliance's statement.
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Integrate AIDS response with broader health goals – Lancet Commission
Announcements | 24th July 2018
It is time to end the siloed and vertical response to AIDS, and to “make common cause with the global health field”, says a new report by the International AIDS Society (IAS)–Lancet Commission.