News

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
High-level Panel on Access to Medicines

Announcements | 15th March 2016

The UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines held an open contribution period for submissions addressing issues affecting innovation and access to health technologies.
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60)

Announcements | 14th March 2016

The 60^th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women will be held from 14 – 24 March at UN Headquarters in New York. This year’s priority theme is Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development.