Thank you to the incredible panelists who gave their time and expertise to serve as committee members in the selection of Local Actions Winners 💥

The pre-selection committee reviewed over a hundred proposals to get to the top twenty projects.

Read more: claimingourspace.org/blog/behind-lo…

🤔Being informed about the composition of the food we eat should be a straightforward request, right?
😕But, it's not always the case.
🏷️How can we change this & implement comprehensive labelling policies for unhealthy products, such as tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy foods &…

The empowerment of communities and civil society to participate in - and thereby influence - health-related decision-making is the cornerstone of resilient health systems that leave no one behind.

Ahead of #WHA77 - civil society has a role in ensuring that social participation…

Take action to support the #WHA77 Resolution on Social participation for universal health coverage, health and well-being!

📢[NEW] A toolkit is now available to support civil society actions towards building support for the draft resolution

More here➡️ csemonline.net/social-partici…

Planning your #WHA77 schedule?

🌟 Exciting news! We have started gathering details about NCD-relevant side events 👀

📅 Find the very first edition of our calendar and much more on our WHA77 page 👉pulse.ly/wyu5guihgn

Over 80 GCM participants joined us today for the important Kick-off meeting to coordinate joined activities & advocacy messages in the lead-up to the 4th United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on NCD Prevention & Control #HLM4 in 2025. #NCDs

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🗣️ 'We need health systems that prioritise communities, delivering care when and where needed, without worsening environmental harm.'

Claudia Selin Batz of George Institute UK maps out the route to #UHC .

See our upcoming #StocktakeReview for more.

#WorldHealthDay #MyHealthMyRight

.BBC News (UK) reports on research co-authored by Chair of our Global Women’s Health Programme, Jane Hirst showing extreme heat doubles the risk of miscarriage in India.

Dr Hirst speaks to TulipMazumdar on the importance of this research in a warming world: buff.ly/43vfxNQ

Join a panel of experts including our colleague, Claudia Selin Batz for a Nature Forum on Reducing Salt in our Diets.

The panel will discuss the challenges and potential solutions to reducing salt intake and enhancing public health.

Register via Nature Conferences: bit.ly/3NQJvVP

'For glocal to work, universities in HICs must start forging equitable, bilateral partnerships with local and regional community-based organisations and build stronger relationships with people with lived experience' - I couldn't agree more👋

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This #WorldObesityDay ⭕️, our CEO Johanna Ralston and President-Elect Dr. Simón Barquera joined kent buse of the The George Institute for Global Health in the The BMJ to highlight the need to talk about obesity differently. 🗣️

➡️ Read it here: bmj.com/content/384/bm…

#LetsTalk #ObesityAnd #WOD2024

'Let's talk about obesity in young people.'

Yesterday, as part of #WorldObesityDay - our colleague, Claudia Selin Batz talked about the consequences of weight stigma and its role in the misunderstanding of the root causes of obesity. #WOD2024

Watch below via World Obesity. 🔊👇

🗣️ #LetsTalk about #obesity and..

Youth 🧒

Claudia Batz (Claudia Selin Batz) highlights the various factors that contribute to #obesity in children and adolescents - from stigma to the pervasive impact of food marketing. #WOD2024

#WorldObesityDay ⭕️

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📢 ICYMI: George Institute UK on UK Health Radio™! 📻

Claudia Selin Batz sits down with Professors Jane Hirst and Stephen Jan to discuss the importance of Universal Health Coverage ( #UHC ).

🎧 Listen here 👉bit.ly/3Pn6AR6

Resounding themes from SPHERE's briefing:
1) Civil society must be welcomed *throughout* decision-making processes
2) Evaluation can strengthen the quality of participatory mechanisms
3) Civil society, government & researchers form the triangle that moves the mountain

At the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board, a resolution on social participation for #UHC was proposed for government endorsement at #WHA77 in May 2024.

Join us for updates and insights into civil society priorities for the resolution and how to get involved. 👇

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🔈Join an important discussion on the #EB154 resolution on social participation for #UHC 👇

“Nothing about us without us.”

We’re pleased to see a resolution on social participation for  #UHC proposed at the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board.

Let’s hold our leaders accountable for their promises as we head towards #WHA77 in May 2024. ⬇️