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NCD Alliance side event: Sustainable financing for NCDs in the post-2015 development agenda
Announcements | 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.
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AAP calls to include children in SDGs
Announcements | 09th July 2015
The 17 sustainable development goals currently being negotiated by U.N. member states represent a global commitment to ending extreme poverty and increasing equity. These goals expand and continue the work of the Millennium Development Goals, which will be expiring at the end of 2015.
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WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2015 launched
Announcements | 08th July 2015
The continued success in global tobacco control is detailed in this year’s WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2015: substantial progress has been made since the entry into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) ten years ago.
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NCDs, disability and ageing: Interrelated challenges in the post-2015 era
Announcements | 05th July 2015
Today just over a billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the global population, experience a form of disability. These can be short- or long-term impairments and often place a person at a disadvantage for full, equitable participation in society.
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UNICEF calls to limit advertising of unhealthy food and beverages to children
Announcements | 01st July 2015
Unicef has urged Latin American countries, civil society and private sector to work together in order to limit advertising and marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to children, since they encourage a pattern of consumption that can cause obesity and lead to non-communicable diseases in adulthood.
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Update on Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations
Announcements | 30th June 2015
The first of three negotiation sessions on the zero draft of the Post-2015 Development Agenda outcome document was held last week in New York. Member States presented initial views on each component of the draft: Declaration, Goals and Targets, Follow up and Review, and Means of Implementation.
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PAHO/WHO: New Inter-American Task Force on NCDs launched
Announcements | 19th June 2015
A group of agencies concerned about the burden of NCDs on human and economic development in the Americas has launched a new task force to accelerate multisectoral action for prevention and control of NCDs in the region.
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Advocating for sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: A case study of Mexico
Announcements | 18th June 2015
The obesity and diabetes epidemics in Mexico are significant public health problems that impose a substantial health and economic burden on the country. A key driver of these epidemics is the high consumption of soda and other sugary drinks by Mexican children and adults.