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#WHO meeting on how to measure #UHC, the assumption universally agreed upon definition, incl fin models and service delivery is challenged

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#WHA66 Latin American gov call to protect (PHC) progress, & #UHC to include the working and living - social & economic conditions

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RT @adamkams: France: hlth must remain #Post2015 agenda incl soc deter, gender equality, #UHC not just social justice it is a right #MDGs #…

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#WHA66 governments of St-Lucia, China, Thailand, Japan, and USA call for UHC as an overarching post-mdg goal.

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Danish rep to call , on behalf of 27 European countries, urgently for Sexual and reproductive health rights and gender equality #WHA66

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RT @LEPRA_HinA: Health must occupy a high place on the new development agenda. http://t.co/ziYmoggaiI #WHA66 #post2015

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RT @ChildHealthNow: Standing room only for discussion on UN Life-saving Commodities @noradno @PMNCH @USAID @WorldVision @PATH #WHA66 http:…

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#WHA66 WHO survey in 121 countries shows up to 1/3 doesn't provide occupational health & safety. UHC needs to engage employers

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#WHA66 can we learn from Thai decentralized health policy to address stigma and discrimination, and include sex workers in UHC

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We are at the World Health Assebly and will be updating throughout and blogging on our reflections. #WHA66

Global Health in the news

14. Sep, 2010 0 Comments

A new global development site for The Guardian – The Guardian has launched a new website in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help focus the world’s attention on global development. One aim of the website is to hold governments, institutions and NGOs accountable for the implementation of MDGs.

EU citizens call on the EU to stick to the 0.7% GNI target – The Special Eurobarometer published by the European Commission one week before the MDG Summit shows European citizens’ support to aid provided to developing countries.

Women, Children Top U.N.’s Anti-Poverty Agenda – All eight of the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are critical to development, but numbers four and five on child and maternal health are the real priority areas for this year. (IPSnews)

Africa’s Future is Female – Study after study has shown that, if women are given the tools they need, they can help lift communities out of poverty and transform millions of lives. Ahead of the MDG Summit, ONE has launched a new report which urges to increase investment in Africa’s women and girls to tackle extreme poverty and disease.