April 24, 2015: The Global Philanthropy Forum was held in Washington from April 21-23. Hosted by Jane Wales, the Forum focused on “Disruptors and Decision makers” this year. With a focus on business, philanthropy and government, the forum brought together leaders from all three constituencies to deliberate on solutions to...
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April 23, 2015: The World Health Organisation hosted the meeting of the Global Coordinating Mechanism on NCDs from April 20-21 in Geneva. The dialogue focused on ways “to encourage the inclusion of the Non-Communicable diseases in development cooperation agendas and initiatives, internationally agreed development goals, economic development polices, sustainable development...
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Published in The News International on April 12, 2015:
It has been five years since enactment of the 18th Amendment to the constitution of Pakistan and four years since the end of the term of several committees that were given the mandate to iron out related implementation issues. Despite progress,...
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April 12, 2015: Five years on, learning from the implementation of the 18th amendment are still needed to guide the reform process. Our recent opinion can be
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April 9, 2015: Third World Network (a steering committee member of the Peoples' Health Movement) organised a workshop in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur on 6-7th April 2015 on universal health care, anti-microbial resistance and access to medicines. This workshop enabled sharing of information on recent trends and developments, country experiences as...
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