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Thank you for joining our webinar on 4 March on the latest updates from the 136th WHO Executive Board, meeting of the Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs, and Post-2015 processes.

The World Heart Federation (WHF) has launched a Roadmap focused on providing healthcare professionals and policymakers across the world with tools and solutions to manage the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and reduce premature death globally.

A  collective  vision  of  the  road  to  2030  must  be  anchored  in  a  human  rights-­‐based  approach  and  recognize  the  importance  of  health  and  wellbeing  for  people  of  all  ages  and  diversities

The NCD Alliance (NCDA) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) are offering an internship opportunity supporting the respective advocacy leads in our Geneva offices.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a respected civil society alliance, engaging with multilateral institutions and governments, on a priority global health and development issue.

The NCD Alliance (NCDA) is offering an internship opportunity to support the Communications Manager in our Geneva offices. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a respected civil society alliance on a priority global health issue.

The role is designed to provide additional support to the implementation of NCDA’s communications strategy. The intern will play an integral part of the growing communication efforts by taking on important responsibilities to enhance NCDA’s external communications operation.

More than 600 events in over 100 countries marked the celebration of World Cancer Day yesterday. This year's theme, "Not Beyond Us" highlighted existing solutions across the continuum of cancer that are within our reach to help diminish the global burden of disease.

Do you want to know more? Visit the campaign website

On World Cancer Day 2015, leading global public health experts from the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) announce that millions of lives can be saved through affordable increases in the investment into cancer services throughout the world. 

Member States are meeting in Geneva this week for the 136th Session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board.

The 53rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSOcD53) will take place from 4 – 13 February 2015 at UN Headquarters in New York. The theme for the session and for the Commission’s policy cycle 2015-2016 is “Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world.”

The first intergovernmental session on the post-2015 development agenda took place earlier this week at UN Headquarters in New York. Under the theme "stocktaking", Member States were invited to provide their reflections on the post-2015 process so far, and lay broad expectations for the process ahead and for the entire post-2015 agenda, including the proposed sustainable development goals and targets.