Since 2008, the ECOSOC Partnership Forum provides a platform for discussion on multi-stakeholder partnerships. As we enter a new era of sustainable development, the 2016 Partnership Forum will support the ECOSOC’s overall 2016 theme of “From Commitments to Results: Leveraging Partnerships for the 2030 Agenda” and will focus on: Identify key policy enablers that might be needed to accelerate cross-sectoral partnerships that … Read More
Three ways business can help achieve the SDGs
Authors: Nancy Wildfeir-Field, John Simon and Suprotik Basu. This article originally appeared on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda blog on February 11, 2016. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have mobilized the most successful anti-poverty movement in history. Yet in 2016, we still find ourselves in a situation where millions of families have been left behind. With the launch of … Read More
WEBINAR | The Health Credit Exchange: Partnering to Drive Better Health Outcomes
GBCHealth and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation invite you to join us on Thursday, January 14, 2016 10:00 AM -11:30 AM EST (15.00 – 16.30 GMT/UTC) as we introduce a select group of corporate partners to the Health Credit Exchange (HCX) – a new GBCHealth innovative financing initiative. Significant gaps remain to fully financing the health-related Sustainable Development Goals … Read More
Water and Health Conference 2015
The 2015 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, organized by The Water Institute at UNC, considers drinking water supply, sanitation, hygiene and water resources in both the developing and developed worlds with a strong public health emphasis. Themes for this year’s event include: WaSH for the future: SDGs, innovation, resources, integration, and urbanization Hygiene and behavior WaSH in emergencies … Read More
Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference
Join the Secretariat of Health of Mexico and 15 other convening partners in Mexico City, for a landmark technical conference to discuss strategies for reaching every mother and newborn with high-quality health care. The Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference will provide a forum to identify, understand and respond to the most urgent health needs of mothers and newborns, focusing on quality care, … Read More
United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015
The United Nations is now in the process of defining Sustainable Development Goals as part a new sustainable development agenda that must finish the job and leave no one behind. This agenda, to be launched at the Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015, is currently being discussed at the UN General Assembly, where Member States and civil society are making … Read More
Global Forum on Research and Innovation for Health 2015
The Global Forum on Research and Innovation for Health 2015 aims to identify solutions to the world’s unmet health needs through research and innovation. As world leaders shift their focus to the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, increased understanding of the impact of research and innovation on health is of critical importance. Scientific research and innovation has transformative effects on not only … Read More
Third International Conference on Financing for Development
The Third International Conference on Financing for Development will gather high-level political representatives, including Heads of State and Government, and Ministers of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, as well as all relevant institutional stakeholders, non-governmental organizations and business sector entities. The Conference will result in an intergovernmentally negotiated and agreed outcome, which should constitute an important contribution to and … Read More
RBM Partnership Evolves to Align with Sustainable Development Approach
Reposted from the Roll Back Malaria Partnership | 15 May 2015, Geneva The 28th RBM Board meeting, held on the eve of the World Health Assembly, celebrated the remarkable gains made in the fight against one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases since the establishment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Most notably, the Board noted that: Annual malaria deaths … Read More