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This event aims to share national experiences of intersectionality in health. Through the exchange of good practices and lessons learned, it seeks to strengthen regional cooperation and advance towards universal, sustainable, comprehensive and resilient health systems.…
BACKGROUND Since the 1995 World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen, the global agenda on social development has advanced significantly, not only on a deeper understanding of challenges such as well-being, poverty, inequality, and discrimination, but also on a growing emphasis on upholding economic, social, and cultural rights. Within this evolving framework, the changes, ambition and commitment of countries have been notable. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean stand as compelling exampl…
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to galvanize action aimed at promoting greater inclusion of youth in all spheres. This roadmap recognizes in several of its goals the centrality of the full incorporation of youth as a necessary condition to move towards more inclusive societies, in which no one is left behind, on a path to sustainable development. However, youth in the Caribbean face many challenges that need to be addressed as precursors to creating environments that enable them to reach their maximum potential to contribute to the achievement of SDGs by 2030, the…
This seminar aims to discuss and reflect on the lessons learned and challenges faced in advancing towards universal health in Chile. It will focus on the centrality of the PHC strategy, and the challenges associated with financing the necessary reforms to the current health system.…
The seminar aims to identify and highlight the advances and challenges in the global and regional reflection and in the efforts of the countries to strengthen social protection systems, in a context of cascading crisis.…
This virtual workshop aims to learn about and discuss the main objectives of the reforms made to health systems in Latin America, reflecting together with the authorities and/or specialists who oversaw the implementation of the reforms, on the main challenges that had to be faced in their different stages and a brief evaluation of their results, highlighting the most important lessons learned.…
CDCC Member Countries and Associate Members will convene virtually for the 20th meeting of the CDCC Monitoring Committee.…
The overall objective of this seminar is to examine the confounding factor of COVID -19 in relation to NCDs and to highlight the contribution that an economic analytical approach to the problem of NCDs could make towards sustainably addressing the developmental challenges posed by these chronic diseases. The main expected output of the seminar is a set of proposed actions and recommendations for different stakeholders in sustainably addressing the challenges posed to Caribbean economies by NCDs.…
This expert group meeting discusses the ECLAC study on Addressing the adverse impacts of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on the sustainable development of Caribbean countries.…
Virtual meeting - Side event on the margins of the 2020 High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development…
With organization and sponsorship from the Directorate of Sanitation Risk Protection of the Secretary of Health of the Government of the State of Veracruz, a regional symposium on the current state as well as projections of climate change and regional health took place. Historical extreme events and phenomena at the regional and international level were analyzed with the purpose of training officials as the public who participated on developments in the topic. 96 individuals participated in the event, among whom 44 % were women. Participants came from the states of Campeche, Tabasco, Zacatecas…
The Director of the ECLAC Washington Office, Inés Bustillo participated in the Launch of the Inter-American Task Force on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) at OAS Headquarters, Washington, D.C.…
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