advocacy
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2021 World Health Assembly (WHA74)
12th February 2021
The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO). It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. It is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Advocacy Institute supports civil society to drive action on NCD prevention
11th October 2022
This August, 4 Programme alliances from Ghana, India, Mexico, and the Philippines benefited from the 2022 virtual training of the Advocacy Institute’s NCD Prevention Accelerator Programme. After the training, 94% of the participants felt confident about their knowledge of the global and regional NCD prevention landscape and opportunities for advocacy. “I have gained significant insights that would be relevant in our work here with NCDs in the communities” commented a participant from the Healthy Philippines Alliance.
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Rwanda NCD Alliance receives prestigious Primary Health Care Award
21st September 2022
The Rwanda NCD Alliance has been selected as a recipient of the 2022 UN Interagency Task Force and the WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award. The award recognises their work in building multisectoral collaboration on NCDs in Rwanda.
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Working for a stronger healthcare workforce in Malaysia and Egypt
28th February 2022
Alliances in Egypt and Malaysia discuss the future of the healthcare workforce as part of effective responses to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC).