"Securing a Healthty Future: Sustainable Financing for NCDs in the Post-2015 Agenda"

Against the backdrop of the Third International Conference of Financing for Development (FfD3) in Addis Ababa, this side event will examine means of sustainable financing for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), as part of efforts to strengthen national health systems.

The discussion will place emphasis on known best practices for raising domestic revenue, including the taxation of tobacco and other unhealthy products, an approach that offers both fiscal and health returns. Strategies for maximizing the efficiency of available resources, including implementing universal health coverage (UHC) to safeguard investments made in health programmes over the last decade, will also be considered.

Emphasis will also be placed on innovative mechanisms for financing for NCDs and health in order to supplement traditional resource flows, and how to best leverage the capacity of partnerships with the private sector to foster healthy environments. The event will also consider the role of international public financing for NCDs, particularly integration of NCDs into multilateral and bilateral development assistance. 

Tuesday 14 July 2015

1:00-2.45pm, Elilly Hotel, Board Room Large

Guinea Conakry Street, Addis Ababa

Co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Tanzania and the NCD Alliance

Please RSVP by using this link