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GCM Papers open for review and comment

Announcements | 21st April 2016

Working Groups are being convened under the WHO GCM/NCD to produce recommendations to Governments on NCD prevention & control. Background papers are now available for review.
NCDs front and centre at Women Deliver 2016

Announcements | 20th April 2016

For the first time, NCDs will be prominently featured at Women Deliver's fourth global conference, taking place from 16 - 19 May in Copenhagen.
UNGASS 2016: Member States call for a human-rights and public health based approach

Announcements | 20th April 2016

Member States call for a progressive, human-rights and public health based approach to addressing the drug problem.
ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development

Announcements | 20th April 2016

Yesterday concluded the inaugural ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development, which was held 18 - 20 April at UNHQ in New York.
Health advocates call on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to stop opposing policies that protect public health

Announcements | 20th April 2016

Health groups from around the globe are calling on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to adopt and enforce a policy of not marketing sugar drinks to children aged 16 and under
Barcelona Declaration for Habitat 3 is available online

Announcements | 14th April 2016

Following on from the Habitat III Thematic Meeting on Public Space in Barcelona on 4 and 5 April, the Barcelona Declaration has been finalised and is now available online.
First national CSO consultation on NCDs in India

Announcements | 14th April 2016

This 25th to the 27th April, the Healthy India Alliance will be holding the first national CSO Consultation on NCDs, in New Delhi.
Out of the shadows: Making mental health a global priority

Announcements | 13th April 2016

A two-day series of events, co-hosted by the World Bank and the World Health Organization during the World Bank-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, aims to move mental health from the margins to the mainstream of the global development agenda.