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UN holds high-level meeting on action to combat non-communicable diseases

Speakers at high-level UN dialogue include Hillary Clinton and Michelle Bachelet

Paper looks at the learning gained from the implementation of the Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol

Mauritius conference to focus on best practices and cost-effectiveness of public expenditure

Conference to explore linkages between communicable diseases such as HIV and TB and non-communicable diseases such as cancer and diabetes

Commonwealth Chair-in-Office Kamla Persad-Bissessar to raise awareness on women’s leadership role at UN General Assembly event

Workshop brings together policymakers, campaigners, media and youth

Workshop equips Caribbean journalists to better inform the public of life-threatening NCDs and to influence policy-makers

“It is imperative that NCD prevention programmes target youth since lifestyle habits are often adopted at this stage of life and frequently remain well into adulthood,” Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Ransford Smith

The UK’s high performance sports agency seconds an adviser for the Secretariat’s Sport for Development and Peace programme

Speaker: Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and Commonwealth Chair-in-Office, Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Speakers include Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwandan Foreign Minister and Baroness Verma, Department for International Development’s Spokesperson in the House of Lords

The burden of non-communicable diseases is evident in every corner of the Commonwealth, and is impacting on both rich and poor countries, at all levels of society – Commonwealth Secretary-General

Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth of Learning and Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago jointly agree to improve access to, and use of, Information and Communication Technologies

“Most of the climate debate so far has been gender-blind”

A message from Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma

‘No other agency has sought to spur concrete investment in sport for development and peace through a strategy of target setting, monitoring and evaluation in this fashion’ – CABOS Chair

Theme will provide focus for global Commonwealth Day celebrations which will take place on March 14