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  • 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.

  • Climate-affected internally displaced persons board a boat to travel to Dhaka, Bangladesh.

    Paris Climate Agreement Signing

    Announcements  |  13th April 2016

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited all world leaders to UN HQ in New York on 22 April for a signing ceremony of the Paris climate agreement, agreed in December 2015.

  • UN Secretary-General candidate informal dialogues

    Announcements  |  12th April 2016

    The President of the General Assembly has invited the eight candidates that have been formally presented for the role of UN Secretary-General to participate in informal dialogues from 12 – 14 April.

  • Patients and staff at Marrere Health Center in Marrere, Mozambique.

    Financing for Development Follow-up Forum

    Announcements  |  12th April 2016

    The inaugural ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development (FfD) follow-up will be held from 18 – 20 April at UN HQ in New York.

  • UNGASS on the world drug problem

    Announcements  |  11th April 2016

    The UN General Assembly will convene a special session on the world drug problem from 19 – 21 April at UN HQ in New York.

  • A member of a women's microfinance group sells fruits and vegetables in Gulu, Uganda.

    East Africa: Regional advocacy planning in focus

    Announcements  |  07th April 2016

    The 2nd Capacity building workshop of the East Africa NCD Alliance will be taking place in Nairobi this 8th-9th April.

  • Tobacco addiction and the right to health

    Announcements  |  03rd April 2016

    For the first time, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights takes up tobacco use as a human rights issue during a hearing on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 in Washington DC.