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In support of the HLM on UHC, the Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, with support from the World Health Organization, UN-Nutrition and co-sponsored Bangladesh and Japan are hosting a special side-event in the margins of the UNGA exploring the urgent need, and opportunities for integrating essential nutrition actions into UHC.
At its heart, the two sides have different ideas about how this transformation should take place: by increasing production through further industrialisation — or by making the system more equitable and sustainable.
A high-level event was held on 25 May in the sidelines of the 76th World Health Assembly on the Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition, which officially launched at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27). The initiative seeks to advance actions related to the climate-nutrition nexus, and to unlock finance for these. Speakers included: Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt Afshan Khan, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and SUN Movement Coordinator Li Ailan, WHO Assistant Director-General for Universal Health Coverage, Healthier Popul...
A high-level event is being held on 25 May in the sidelines of the 76th World Health Assembly on the Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition, which officially launched at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27). The initiative seeks to advance actions related to the climate-nutrition nexus, and to unlock finance for these. Speakers will include: Mariam Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, UAE (tbd) Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt Afshan Khan, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and SUN Movement Coordinator Li Aila...
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