Financing for Development: Hearings and upcoming session

Wed, 04/08/2015

Prior to next week’s drafting session for the outcome document of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, the co-facilitators are holding informal hearings at the UN with the Business Sector and Civil Society to gather their views on financing and reactions to the Zero Draft of the outcome document.

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Dementia and NCDs: Shared risk factors, shared solutions

Wed, 04/08/2015

Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) and Alzheimer's Australia will host the 30th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International from 15 to 18 April 2015 in Perth, Australia.The conference theme this year is "Care, Cure and the Dementia Experience - A Global Challenge". 

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Access our Medicine campaign reaches 100,000 supporters

Wed, 04/08/2015

Access Our Medicine has collected more than 100,000 signatures for their Declaration for Affordable Medicine! They are now on target to reach over 30 million people.

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How safe is your food?

Thu, 04/02/2015

The great majority of people will experience a food or water borne disease at some point in their lives. This highlights the importance of making sure the food we eat is not contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria, parasites, viruses, toxins and chemicals.

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Update on the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations

Wed, 04/01/2015

The third session of intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda was held last week, where Member States discussed goals and targets proposed by the Open Working Group.

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Care, cure and the dementia experience

Wed, 04/01/2015

ADI and Alzheimer's Australia will host the 30th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International from 15 to 18 April 2015 in Perth, Australia.

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WHO Global Coordination Mechanism for NCDs: New report available online

Thu, 03/26/2015

Various information documents on the first meeting of the two GCM/NCD Working Groups have now been added to the GCM/NCD website, including detailed summary reports, list of attendees and presentations delivered at the meetings.

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New edition of the Tobacco Atlas launched at WCToH 2015

Thu, 03/19/2015

The Tobacco Atlas, Fifth Edition and its companion website, were unveiled yesterday by the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation at the 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health.

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Civil society call to put people with dementia at the centre of all policies

Wed, 03/18/2015

On 16 and 17 March 2015, WHO hosted in Geneva its first Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia. 80 countries joined experts from the research, clinical and advocacy communities to discuss how, collectively, they could move forward action on dementia at the global level.

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