Post2015.org – what comes after the MDGs?
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UNAIDS Launches E-Discussions on HIV, Health, Post-2015 Agenda
“The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is hosting e-discussions on HIV, health and the post-2015 development agenda, as part of the global thematic consultation on health in the post-2015 development agenda. The online consultation is taking place on the World We Want 2015 platform from 21 January-3 February, and will consider ways in which … Continue reading
WHO Executive Board Considers Health in Post-2015 Agenda
“The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) met to consider a report outlining the framework for developing a health-related component of the UN’s post-2015 development agenda. The Secretariat report proposes two interrelated components for a health-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG): universal health coverage and healthy life expectancy.” Read the full article on the … Continue reading
Positioning Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda – WHO discussion paper
This note by the World Health Organization (WHO) is intended as a discussion paper on the position of health in the post-2015 agenda. The paper focuses on content, identifying a series of issues that need to be addressed in framing future health goals and discussing ways in which Universal Health Coverage might be used as … Continue reading
Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda – Call for Papers
WHO and Unicef are co-leading the facilitation of the global thematic consultation on health in the post-2015 development agenda. They are inviting interested individuals and groups to submit “think pieces” on the positioning and role of health in the post-2015 agenda. Download the call for papers here. Manuscripts will be accepted from 5 October 2012. … Continue reading
UN Task Team Report: Health in the post-2015 development agenda
A recent think piece by UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO outlines how health could factor in the post-2015 development agenda. The authors argue that a single high-level health goal will be needed for health to retain its place “at the apex of development,” followed by a hierarchy of sector and programme-specific goals. This report frames … Continue reading
Health & Education Post-2015
Last week took me to Washington, and to an interesting session on health and education in the post-2015 agenda, hosted by Results for Development. We’ll be publishing longer reports on both areas shortly, but in the meantime – some thoughts from the discussion. Firstly, how much the post-2015 conversation – or at least the ones … Continue reading
