<div class="gmail_quote">PHM is very worried about the private sector (including big pharma) being considered a stakeholder on an equal footing with civil society representatives.</div><div class="gmail_quote">Claudio</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br>crossposted from : <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">WHO Global Forum: Addressing the Challenge of Noncommunicable
Diseases<br>
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Russian Federation</span></font></b><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"> - 27 April 2011<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Website: <a href="http://bit.ly/dMSspc" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/dMSspc</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“….This forum will bring
together a wide group of stakeholders to share views and experiences on the
challenges and opportunities in noncommunicable disease prevention, treatment
and control. The forum participants will include NGOs, the private sector,
academia, countries and UN and specialized agencies. <br>
They will identify and commit to priority actions to strengthen global action
to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The forum will also provide direct
input into the First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and
Noncommunicable Disease Control that takes place 28-29 April in Moscow. <br>
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<h3 style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Objectives of the Global Forum:<br>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Provide an opportunity for a wide
range of stakeholders to discuss and share perspectives on the prevention and
control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font size="2" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Understand expectations, roles and
contributions of the different stakeholders in support of the September 2011 UN
High-level Meeting (HLM) on NCDs and its expected outcomes, as well as
activities post the HLM. </span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Update knowledge and share experience
on progress in addressing NCDs including through implementing the Action Plan
for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of NCDs. </span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Promote ways of accelerating the
implementation of actions for international and national partners under each
objective of the Action Plan. </span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Mobilize a broader base of
stakeholders in support of NCD prevention and control, in particular in
developing countries….”<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Conference concept note <a href="http://bit.ly/g2t1e2" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/g2t1e2</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Sessions will have live broadcast <a href="http://who.telemarker.ru/" title="http://who.telemarker.ru/" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://who.telemarker.ru</span></font></a><br>
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