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Monday, 14 and Tuesday, 15 August
3rd meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (STAG-NCD)
13:00 – 17:00 CEST on 14 and 15 August 2023 (virtual)
The STAG-NCD was established in October 2021 to act as an advisory body to WHO to further WHO’s leadership and coordination role in promoting and monitoring global action against noncommunicable diseases.
The STAG on NCDs acts as an advisory body to WHO to further WHO’s efforts and work in addressing the prevention and control of NCDs. The aim is to strengthen international and national action to (1) reduce premature mortality from NCDs through prevention and treatment and (2) progressively cover additional people with health services, medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and health technologies and (3) strengthen efforts to address NCDs as part of universal health coverage (UHC).
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Thursday, 17 August
WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit: Towards health and well-being for all
17 and 18 August 2023, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India and webcast live
The first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit will look anew at the vast potential and applications of traditional medicine [https://www.who.int/health-topics/traditional-complementary-and-integrative-medicine#tab=tab_1] amidst important challenges and opportunities to achieve universal health coverage and well-being for people and the planet.
Key themes of relevance to traditional medicine will help to chart a roadmap to scale up scientific advances in traditional medicine systems and practices, including research, evidence and learning, policy, data and regulation, clinical practice, innovation and digital health, biodiversity and conservation, and equitable sharing of benefits.
The Summit is co-hosted by the Government of India, which holds the G20 presidency [https://www.g20.org/en/] in 2023. It will be held alongside the G20 Health Ministerial meeting.
Further information, including the background to the Summit, agenda and the list of speakers can be found here [https://www.who.int/initiatives/who-global-centre-for-traditional-medicine/traditional-medicine-global-summit], and the curtain raiser press release here [https://www.who.int/news/item/10-08-2023-who-convenes-first-high-level-global-summit-on-traditional-medicine-to-explore-evidence-base–opportunities-to-accelerate-health-for-all].
The Summit will be webcast live [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/08/17/default-calendar/the-first-who-traditional-medicine-global-summit] in six official languages of the United Nations and Hindi.
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