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Australian government wins plain packaging case against Philip Morris
Announcements | 18th December 2015
The federal government has won its case against tobacco giant Philip Morris Asia challenging Australia's tobacco plain-packaging laws. It means the former Australian Government's plain-packaging laws, introduced in 2011, will remain in place.
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Empowering patients to overcome stigma
Announcements | 17th December 2015
The NCD Alliance Supporters Consultation Group hosted this week editions of the NCD Cafe at the World Diabetes Congress in Vancouver, Canada, and the NCD Dialogues at the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cape Town, South Africa.
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COP21: Historic climate change agreement reached in Paris
Announcements | 17th December 2015
The COP21 climate negotiations in Paris concluded with the adoption of the Paris Accord, as agreed by the 195 Member States party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Waiting for Health Project
World Days | 16th December 2015
Launched on Human Rights Day, Waiting for Health Project is a new photo series that shares the faces and stories of some of the millions of people still waiting for health.
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UN launches high-level panel on access to medicines
Announcements | 14th December 2015
The United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines is inviting contributions for consideration that address the policy incoherence between international human rights law, trade rules and public health objectives regarding the innovation of and access to health technologies.
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2015 Universal Health Coverage Day
World Days | 03rd December 2015
Three years ago, on 12 December 2012, the United Nations unanimously endorsed a resolution urging governments to ensure universal access to quality health care without financial hardship. Now the United Nations has included universal health coverage in the new Sustainable Development Goals.
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WHO GCM/NCD Dialogue on International Cooperation on NCDs
Announcements | 02nd December 2015
The WHO Global Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCDs) convened this week 250 representatives from governments, NGOs, patients, youth, academia and the private sector in Geneva (Switzerland) for the second WHO GCM Dialogue on International Cooperation on NCDs.
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New report of national and regional NCD alliances at #NCDAForum2015
Announcements | 19th November 2015
The report "Achieving 25 x 25 through civil society coalitions" was launched last week at the first ever NCD Alliance Forum 2015. It highligths the significant number of national and regional alliances that have emerged in the past five years around the world.