financing
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Saving lives, spending less: New WHO investment case for NCDs
16th May 2018
This long awaited report outlines the investment case for addressing NCDs, quantifying the health and economic benefits of implementing the WHO Best Buys. The bottom line: invest now, save later.
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Taxes on unhealthy products can benefit poorest most – Lancet commission
04th April 2018
Taxes on unhealthy products have the potential to produce major health gains among the poorest in society, who are disproportionately affected by NCDs, according to an analysis released by a taskforce of The Lancet today.
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Enough! End delays in investing in NCD prevention and control now
04th April 2018
Two events in the next two weeks will turn the spotlight from the need for heightened political will in the NCDs response to the paucity of financing for NCDs ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs in New York on 27 September.
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FFD3: Good outcomes for health and NCDs
17th July 2015
The major outcome of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3), which concluded yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was the adoption of an outcome document containing a series of measures to renew and enhance global commitments for financing sustainable development.
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FFD: Packed room and great discussion at NCD Alliance side event
16th July 2015
What are the most effective means of sustainable financing for prevention and control of NCDs? This question set the tone for the side event held last Tuesday 14 July, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the margins of the Third International Conference of Financing for Development (FFD3).
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NCD Alliance side event: Sustainable financing for NCDs in the post-2015 development agenda
13th July 2015
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.