The Healthy America Coalition announces the launch of the World Heart Day Contest. The contest aims to promote awareness about heart health and encourage creativity around the topic. To participate, you must submit a creative design related to heart health. This can include illustrations, infographics, photographs, drawings, that convey a
On August 16, the webinar titled “Latin America United for Universal Health Coverage” was held, organized by the CLAS group of people living with non-communicable diseases. This event was the beginning of a campaign for the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage and included the participation of: Armando
Every five years the Pan American Sanitary Conference is held to determine general policies of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). This year, within the framework of said Conference, CLAS together with Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Corporate Accountability, ASH Action on Smoking and Health, Movendi International and NCD Alliance,
CLAS recently joined the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) as a member. The Alliance was formed in Durban in 2011 to address climate change and protect and promote public health. This alliance is made up of health and development organizations from around the world united by the vision of
Every year the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization meets to discuss general health policies for the region of the Americas. In September, CLAS, with the support of the NCD Alliance, held an event prior to the Council meeting and participated in its 59th Session with two interventions.