Health

This topic covers a wide range of issues related to the EU commitment to protect and promote health as a human right for all in the frame of the EC external cooperation. Support to the building of competent health systems, accessibility to basic health services, equity and solidarity values are just some of the principles guiding this cooperation. Maternal and child mortality, the crisis of human resources in the health sector, poverty related diseases and other issues may be addresssed under this topic.

En République centrafricaine, l’UE s’engage contre le COVID-19

Estelle MAITRE posted Information | 6 May 2020

Comme partout dans le monde, les équipes de la Délégation de l’Union européenne à Bangui sont extrêmement mobilisées pour accompagner les autorités du pays dans leur réponse à l'épidémie de COVID-19. Le Fonds Bêkou est un des instruments utilisés pour combattre l'épidémie. 1,5 milliards de FCFA ont...

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Group: Fonds fiduciaire européen pour la République centrafricaine "Bêkou" / EU Trust Fund for the Central African Republic "Bêkou"
Pandemics and what we've learned so far from COVID-19

Diane KELECOM created a new meeting | 5 May 2020

05 May

From 5 May 2020 to 8 May 2020
Organised by Cine-ONU Geneva, Brussels and Vienna

Did you ever try to attend a Cine ONU but saw the e-mail too late to register? It often happens, as these events are always a great success! In this special edition, Cine ONU presents one of the most challenging issues - the 'unseen enemy' - from controlled outbreaks to worldwide pandemics. Unseen...

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Group: Health Crisis Prevention, Preparedness and Response
Private Sector Development and COVID-19

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 30 April 2020

This regularly updated webpage of the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development compiles ideas and resources on how donor and development agencies might adjust their private sector development (PSD) interventions to mitigate the tragic social and economic impacts of the Coronavirus, and to...

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Group: Private sector in agricultural innovation and development
Paris Peace Forum 2020 Call for Projects

Francesco STELLA posted Information | 28 April 2020

With two successful editions, the Paris Peace Forum has established itself as an important event on global governance, with growing prestige, name recognition and the ability to attract political figures and forces from civil society around the world. The PPF long-term objective remains to be ‘the...

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Group: Digitalisation 4 Development
Smart Development Hack

Francesco STELLA posted Information | 28 April 2020

The Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission, together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as well as European tech companies, international development agencies and civil society launch a global...

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Group: Digitalisation 4 Development
UN SDSN Webinar - Implications of COVID-19 for Public Health and the SDGs (27 April, 2 pm CEST)

Zena Mouawad created a new event | 22 April 2020

27 Apr

From 27 April 2020
Organised by United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network - UN SDSN

The COVID-19 global health pandemic is rapidly changing the ways we live and work. In the age of sustainable development and at a time when the world is working towards achieving the SDGs, this disease is complicating SDG implementation efforts as well as posing a real risk to achieving targets on...

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Group: Social protection across the humanitarian-development nexus
Cities4Forest launches photo #ForestChallenge - an invitation to reconnect with nature #ForNature

Alexa Froger updated the Information | 22 April 2020

Reconnect with nature and post images with friends, family and colleagues around trees and forests. Cities4Forests commits to planting 1 tree for each of the first 2,000 images posted on Facebook and Instagram: use the hashtag #ForestChallenge and tag @Cities4Forests . Together with Reforest’Action...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Webinar: COVID-19: What does this mean for the fight against climate change?

Alexa Froger updated the event | 22 April 2020

30 Apr

From 30 April 2020
Organised by Climate Action

The current global health crisis has created grave uncertainties across the world. Whilst COVID-19 has seemingly put environmental diplomacy on hold with the postponement of COP26 and the 15th Biodiversity COP, what does the current global health crisis mean for ongoing climate crisis? In a year in...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Launch: Release of the 2020 Global Report on Food Crises and knock-on effects of COVID-19 in the hungriest countries

Alexa Froger updated the event | 20 April 2020

21 Apr

From 21 April 2020
Organised by Global Network Against Food Crises

On 21 April 2020, the Global Network against Food Crises – an international alliance working to address the root causes of extreme hunger – will release the latest figures on how many people are facing acute hunger and malnutrition in crisis prone countries, in a new edition of its annual report,...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Webinar: Waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic – Managing medical and special wastes

Alexa Froger updated the event | 14 April 2020

07 May

From 7 May 2020
Organised by UN-Habitat, the Wuppertal Institute, UNEP

Already before COVID-19, 2 billion people worldwide were lacking access to waste collection and 3 billion to controlled waste disposal. The current COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly spreading, thus intensifying its impact upon the world’s healthcare systems and economy. During this time, ensuring...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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