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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.
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2030 Agenda: Follow-up and review
Announcements | 29th March 2016
In September 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda. Find here an update on several ongoing processes at the UN in New York.
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60th Commission on the Status of Women
Announcements | 23rd March 2016
The 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women concluded today. Draft agreed conclusions can be found here.
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Tobacco control and the human right to health
Announcements | 23rd March 2016
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will held on 5 April, in Washington DC, a thematic hearing to discuss the issue of the tobacco epidemic in the Americas as a human rights problem.
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IDF welcomes UK announcement on soda tax from 2018
Announcements | 21st March 2016
The government of the UK now joins countries such as Mexico, France, Norway and South Africa in the taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages.
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Looking for cutting edge NCD analysis? Our March 2016 webinar is online now
Announcements | 17th March 2016
Did you miss our March 2016 webinar? Video & pdf of slides are available here. Presentations include multi-sectoral coordination mechanisms in South-East Asia and national NCD commissions in the Caribbean.