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UN Secretary-General candidate informal dialogues
Announcements | 12th April 2016
The President of the General Assembly has invited the eight candidates that have been formally presented for the role of UN Secretary-General to participate in informal dialogues from 12 – 14 April.
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Financing for Development Follow-up Forum
Announcements | 12th April 2016
The inaugural ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development (FfD) follow-up will be held from 18 – 20 April at UN HQ in New York.
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UNGASS on the world drug problem
Announcements | 11th April 2016
The UN General Assembly will convene a special session on the world drug problem from 19 – 21 April at UN HQ in New York.
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East Africa: Regional advocacy planning in focus
Announcements | 07th April 2016
The 2nd Capacity building workshop of the East Africa NCD Alliance will be taking place in Nairobi this 8th-9th April.
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World Health Day 2016: WHO calls for global action to halt rise in and improve care for people with diabetes
World Days | 06th April 2016
First WHO Global report on diabetes: 422 million adults live with diabetes, mainly in developing countries.
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Tobacco addiction and the right to health
Announcements | 03rd April 2016
For the first time, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights takes up tobacco use as a human rights issue during a hearing on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 in Washington DC.
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New policy brief on climate change and NCDs launched today
Announcements | 31st March 2016
We are pleased to announce that today we have launched a joint policy brief with the Global Climate and Health Alliance on climate change and NCDs.
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Measuring Universal Health Coverage
Announcements | 30th March 2016
More than 300 organisations including NGOs, academic institutions, foundations and patients groups have reacted with alarm at a last minute proposed change to the indicator used to measure financial protection for health under the new Sustainable Development Goals.