UN Meetings

NCD Alliance List of UN Summit Events

Updated: September 16, 2011

13 - 16 September 2011 Date week of Sept. 12

Time

Location NY

Tuesday 13 Sept. Wednesday 14 Sept.

New York, NY UN New York, NY UN

Friday 16 Sept. Wednesday 21 Sept. Friday 16 Sept.

NY

Friday 16 Sept.

12:00 15:00

14:00 16:30

Harlem Plaza

Activities/Event Sister to Sister Foundation: First Annual Global Workplace Wellness Program at World Bank Group cafeterias

Note http://www.sistertosister.org/international /Global-Workplace-Wellness-at-the-World-Bank2011

Opening of 66th Session General Committee

PAHO and WEF: Wellness Week activities

http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option =com_content&task=view&id=5705&Itemid=40 97&lang=en

PAHO, WEF, The New York Academy of Medicine, Harlem Chamber of contact: Dr. Jo Ivey Bouffard Commerce and City College New York: Launch of the New York City Wellness Week Address: Harlem State Office Building Plaza, 125th street (rain back up on 8th floor of State Office Building)

Weill Cornell The Healthy Caribbean Coalition: Get the Message campaign, the Medical College Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network in association with PAHO/WHO: Mobile phones and social media in the response to NCDs Address: Uris Auditorium, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue; Corner of 69th St and York Avenue

by invitation only organised by Trevor Hassell email: [email protected]

September-17-11 Date Saturday 17 Sept.

Time 09:00 16:30

Location NYAM

Activities/Event NCD Alliance Side Event: NGO Briefing "From Advocacy to Action" Address: New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, NY 10029

Note contact: Michaela Wurm email: [email protected]

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September-18-11 Date Sunday 18 Sept. Sunday 18 Sept.

Time 9:00 8:30-10:30 AM

Sunday 18 Sept.

11:00 16:00

Sunday 18 Sept.

13:00 17:00 14:00 17:00

Sunday 18 Sept.

Sunday 18 Sept.

14:00 20:00

Sunday 18 Sept.

14:00 16:30

Sunday 18 Sept.

After noon/ Evening

Location Central Park

Activities/Event Susan G. Komen for the Cure: " Race for the Cure"

Note http://www.komennyc.org/site/TR?fr_id= 1230&pg=entry

The New York Management Sciences for Health : Non-Communicable Diseases in http://www.msh.org/news-bureau/mshAcademy of Urban Settings: A Call to Action in Lower and Middle Income Countries participating-in-two-side-events-of-the-unMedicine, Room high-level-meeting-on-ncds.cfm 20, Floor 2 UN Millenium Physical Activity and NCDs Plaza Hotel, Riverview Room, 28th Floor

Central Park NYAM Desmond Tutu Center

NCDA Rally: “UNITE for a Healthy Future” Address: New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street GHC Side Event: Tackling NCDs: How Can Existing Platforms Be Leveraged? Address: 180 10th Avenue (between 20-21st Streets), NY 10011

by invitation only http://www.informz.net/acsm/archives/archive_ 1291505.html

email: [email protected] http://www.idf.org/unite-healthy-future-1 contact: Caitlin Holliday email: [email protected] http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum mit2011/flyer_livestrong.pdf

Schottenstein Global Diabetes Symposium, sponsored by the Albert Einstein College information: [email protected] Cultural Center of Medicine Global Health Center, Contact person: Jill Raufman Adress: Schottenstein Cultural Center: 239 East 34th Street [email protected] URL for event: www.einstein.yu.edu/gds Hilton Manhattan World Federation for Mental Health: Mental Health: The NonRSVP to Vijay Ganju East Hotel Communicable Disease That Cannot Be Forgotten, email: [email protected] Address: 304 E. 42nd Street Livestrong with Nike: Wellness Event

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Sunday 18 Sept.

17:30 19:00

NYAM

WHO and WEF: From Burden to "Best Buys": Reducing the Economic http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum Impact of NCDs mit2011/flyer_wef.pdf Address: New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, Room 20

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September-19-11 Date Monday 19 Sept.

Time 08:00 10:00

Monday 19 Sept.

08:00 10:00

Monday 19 Sept.

08:30 10:00

The Princeton Hotel

Monday 19 Sept.

09:00 10:00 10:00 13:00 10:00 11:30

UN General Assembly Hall UN ECOSOC Chamber

Monday 19 Sept. Monday 19 Sept.

Monday 19 Sept.

09:30 14:30

Location Bellevue Hospital Center

Activities/Event Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network: Youth & Student RALLY for Health @ UN-HQ Address: Bellevue Hospital Center, 462 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016

Delegates Dining PepsiCo, UN Global Compact, UN Foundation: Breakfast Panel Room Discussion for member states "Exploring the Intersection of UNHQ Agriculture, Nutrition and Health"

Institute for International Education

The African Medical & Research Foundatons's: Mitigate Effects of Recurring Droughts and Famines: Invest in Health Development, Address: 15W 43rd Street

Note for more information: [email protected] for joining the Rally Planning Committe: [email protected] facebook event page: http://ncdaction.org/page/our-cause website http://www.ghdonline.org/ncd/resource/youthstudent-rally-for-health-un-hq2/?id=5653922&format=text&type=digest contact: Elle Alexander email: [email protected]

RSVP to RosalineSheriff [email protected]

HLM - Opening Plenary, chaired by the president-elect of 66th seession ot the General Assembly Ambassador Nassir Abdulaszis AlNasser (Qatar) HLM - Round Table 1 - The rising incidence, developmental and other challenges and the socio-economic impact of NCDs and their risk factors American Cancer Society, Johnson & Johnson, Mayo Clinic, USHealth by invitation only and Human Services Department: Making the Commitment to implement Global Corporate Smoke-free Work Spaces

Waldorf Astoria Advanced Development for Africa, Digital He@lth Initiative, Global Network Women in ICT (WITNET), South-South News, GSMA mWomen: Women Connect for Health & Education: Empowering Women in the Digital Era: Challenges & Opportunities to Achieve MDG 3,4,5,6 & NCDs by 2015 Address: Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Avenue

First Ladies Offical Side Event at the UN HLM on NCDS 2011

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September-19-11 Date Monday 19 Sept.

Time 10:30 19:30

Monday 19 Sept.

13:00 15:00

Monday 19 Sept. to Thursday 22 Sept. Monday 19 Sept.

13:00 17:00 every day 13:15 14:30

Location Union League Club

Activities/Event International Food Information Council Foundation's Global Diet and Physical Acitivity Coummunications Summit: "Insights to Motivate Healthful, Active Lifestyles" Address: The Union League Club, 38 E. 37th Street (at Park Avenue), New York,

Millenium Plaza International Food and Beverage Alliance: All Together: Collaborating Hotel to Fight NCDs Address: One United Nations Plaza, 44th Street between First and Second Avenue, New York 92nd Mashable, 92nd Street Y and UN Foundation: Social Good Summit Street Y Address: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, NY City

UN delegates dining room

Monday 19 Sept.

13:15 14:30

UN Conference Room 3

Monday 19 Sept.

13:15 14:30

Monday 19 Sept.

13:15 14:30

Conference Room 5 North Lawn Building, UN Conference Room C North Lawn Building, UN

Global Alliance for Women's Health and the Council on gender Based Health at the UN, in partnership with Pfizer: "Women, Girls, and Smoking: The Need for Sex and Gender Specific Tobacco Control"

Note contact: Kimberly Reed [email protected] for all registration questions email: [email protected] or tel: 202 296 6540 http://www.foodinsight.org/GlobalSummit/tabid/1440/Default.aspx Rate $250 conatact: Donna Hrink email: [email protected]

www.socialgoodsummit.com tickets: http://mashable.com/sgs/tickets/

http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum mit2011/flyer_tobacco.pdf

WHO HLM Side-event: Targets and indicators for NCDs: "NCDs: What RVSP: Not required. Seats will be available to UNgets measured, gets done" accredited delegates on a first-come, firstserved basis (name plates available) http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum mit2011/concept_note_ncds.pdf IFPMA & IFRC: Community-based prevention of NCDs: The way forward (high-level panel discussion)

For further information please contact the delegation of the IFRC to the UN email: [email protected] tel: +1 210 338 0161 Global Health Workforce Alliance, Government of Japan, Government http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum of India, Fouch Foundation, Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative: mit2011/flyer_workforce.pdf Addressing NCDs. It takes a workforce

September-19-11 Date

Time

Location

Activities/Event

Note

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Monday 19 Sept.

13:15 14:30

Monday 19 Sept.

14:45 17:45

Monday 19 Sept.

15:00 18:00 15:30 18:30

Monday 19 Sept.

Monday 19 Sept.

Concierge Conference Center

CARICOM, HCC and PAHO: CARICOM takes stock Address: Concierge Conference Center, 380 3rd Avenue at 49th

Waldorf Astoria CEO Symposium on Digital Health for Digital Development; "Connecting the MDGs & NCDs in 2011"; in cooperation with the Missions of Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Dominica, Rwanda, Tajikistan, South-South News & partner UN agencies Address: 301 Park Avenue UN ECOSOC HLM - Round Table 2 - Strengthening national capacities, as well as Chamber appropriate policies, to address the prevention and control of NCDs

American Cancer Society, GAVI Alliance, the Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, PATH, UN Population Fund, Women Deliver, World Heart Federation: Integrating NCDs: the Next Frontier in Women's Health Address: 809 United Nations Plaza Columbia University's World Leaders Forum: Delivering Hope: 1600-1700 Columbia University, Low Preventing and Treating Noncommunicable Diseases in Developing Memorial Library Countries.F Moderated by Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN)

Monday 19 Sept.

16:30 18:00

Monday 19 Sept.

17:00 19:00

http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum mit2011/concept_note_caricom.pdf

Institute for International Education

UN Conference Permanent Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Permanent Room 7 Mission of Switzerland and Women's Refugee Commission: SAFE Access to Cooking Fuel: A Critical Link in Preventing Noncommunicable Diseases and Desertification NYU Oral Health: Putting teeth into NCDs (sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the United Republic of Tanzania with support of the WHO) Address: New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, 345 Eastth Street, 6th Floor (corner of 1st Avenue and 24th Street), (use first entrance) Rosenthal Institute Conference Room

by invitation only http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum mit2011/integrating_ncds.pdf

http://www.columbia.edu/event/paneldiscussion-lance-armstrong-dr-wafaa-el-sadr-drpaul-farmer-dr-sanjay-gupta-and-dr-lawren.html http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum mit2011/flyer_safe.pdf

space is limited: RSVP by September 7 email: [email protected] Tel: 212 453 5811 or Fax: 212 213 4890 to Khalid Elachi

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September-19-11 Date Monday 19 Sept.

Time 18:00 19:30

Monday 19 Sept.

18:00 20:30 18:00 20:00 18:30 20:30 18:30

Monday 19 Sept. Monday 19 Sept. Monday 19 Sept Monday 19 Sept. Monday 19 Sept.

Monday 19 Sept. Monday 19 Sept.

18:30 20:00 18:30 20:30 19:30 21:00 20:00

Location UN Church Center

Activities/Event Publich Health Institute: Climate change and NCDs "Creating a Climate for Health" Address; 10th Floor Conference Room, 777 United Nations Plaza (1st Ave. At 44th St.)

Note RSVP by September 14 email: [email protected] or tel: (202) 621 1400

Waldorf Astoria South-South New and UNDP: Digital Health Award Address: Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Avenue

contact: Fabio Dillmann

Millenium Plaza Brazil, Thailand, the Rockefeller Foundation and WHO: Hotel "The Role of Universal Health Coverage in Tackling nonCommunicable Diseases" Grand Hyatt Institute of Medicine and FHI 360 special session: Country-Led Hotel Approaches to Establishing National Strategies and Engaging the Private Sector for the Control of Noncommunicable Diseases St Regis Hotel Preventive Health Partnership reception (AHA/ADA/ACS)

http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum mit2011/flyer_brazil.pdf

Residence of the British Consul General Intercontinental Hotel Barclay UN delegates dining room

IFPMA reception, co-hosted with British Consul General in NYC: Launch of IFPMA research series

contact: Teja Padma email: [email protected] http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum contact: Regan Minners email: [email protected] by invitation only by invitation only

Roll Back Malaria Partnership: UN Decade to Roll Back Malaria: Celebrating the Progress in Malaria Control to Save Lives Address: 111 East 48th Street

contact: Geoffrey So email: [email protected]

World Bank: Mounting an effective response in the changing health landscape

email: [email protected]

Gracie Mansion Livestrong with Nike: Reception Address: East end, Avenue at 88th Street

by invitation only

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September-20-11 Date Tuesday 20 Sept.

Time

Tuesday 20 Sept.

08:00 10:00 08:00 09:30 08:15 09:45 08:15 09:45 08:30 09:30

Tuesday 20 Sept. Tuesday 20 Sept. Tuesday 19 Sept. Tuesday 20 Sept.

Location New York, NY UN

Activities/Event High-level Meeting on the theme "Addressing desertification. Land degradation and drought in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication" (resolution 65/160) Family Care International, Merck, Every Mother Counts, International Confederation of Midwives, Jhpiego, Save the Children: Maternal Health in Crisis: Health Workers on the Frontline UK Mission to the Institute for Global Health and Bupa: Patients as a Catalyst for UN Change: the Role of Patient Empowerment and Managing Chronic Disease UN NCDA, PAHO, Commonwealth Secretariat & Partnership for Maternal Conference Room and Newborn Child Health: Gender Responsive Approaches to NCDs 7 UN Conference Mexico, Nicaragua, Trinidad & Tobago, Nicaragua and PAHO: Room C HLM Side-event: Gender roles and NCDs

Note

by invitation only

contact: William Brocklehurst email: [email protected] by invitation only contact: Hannah Nicholls email: [email protected]

The Rockefeller Rockefeller Foundation; Partners for a New Beginning, Aspen Institute; RSVP to [email protected] Foundation Pakistan American Foundation; World Economic Forum; World Heart Federation: Launch of The Sania Nishtar Health Equity Fund, created to support Heartfile Health Financing Address: 420 Fifthe Avenue

Tuesday 20 Sept.

10:00 13:00

UN ECOSOC Chamber

Round Table 3 - Fostering international cooperation, as well as coordination, to address NCDs

Tuesday 20 Sept.

11:00 13:00

UN Conference Room 2

WHO: High-level Meeting on Nutrition

by invitation only http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum mit2011/concept_note_hiv.pdf

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September-20-11 Date Tuesday 20 Sept.

Time 13:00 15:00

Location UN delegates dining room

Tuesday 20 Sept.

13:15 14:30

UN Conference Room 3

Tuesday 20 Sept.

13:15

Tuesday 20 Sept.

13:15 14:45 15:00 16:00 16:00 18:00 18:15 20:15

Uganda Permanent Mission to UN UN Conference Room C

Tuesday 20 Sept. Tuesday 20 Sept. Tuesday 20 Sept.

Tuesday 20 Sept. Tuesday 20 Sept.

19:00 21:00 20:15 21:00

Activities/Event The Global Alliance for Women's Health, the Council on Gender-Based Health at the UN, Orsense, the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the UN, the Permanent Mission of St. Lucia to the UN: Anemia and Women's Health. A critical but under attended publich health issue

Note by invitation only contact tel.: 212 286 0424 or email: [email protected]

WHO & UNAIDS UN Side-event on HIV and NCDs: "Achieving Health RVSP: Not required. Seats will be available to UNEquity: Uniting around a common agenda to address NCDs and HIV" accredited delegates on a first-come, firstserved basis (name plates available) http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum mit2011/concept_note_hiv.pdf Ugandan Permanent Mission to the UN, University of Suthern California Institue for Global Health: Preventing Rising Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa UNDP and Brazil: HLM Side event: Promoting Access To Essential Drugs at Home and in the Global South

http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum mit2011/flyer_uganda.pdf [email protected]

General Assembly Closing Plenary Hall UN ECOSOC Chamber

Every Woman, Every Child: Sponsored by the UN Secretary-General

Grand Hyatt Hotel PAHO, GRULAC, United States and Canada in collaboration with WEF: "The Beginning of the End of NCDs in the Americas" Address: 109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central Terminal, between Lexington & Park Grand Hyatt Every Woman, Every Child Reception Hotel Address: 109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central Terminal,, between Lexington & Park Grand Hyatt PAHO, GRULAC, United States, Canada and WEF: Hotel Reception - Americas Partners Forum

by invitation only

by invitation contact: Jinny Klimas http://www.who.int/nmh/events/un_ncd_sum mit2011/concept_note_americas.pdf by invitation only - Chaired by Ray Chambers

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21 - 26 September 2011 Date Wednesday 21 Sept. to Friday 23 Sept. Wednesday Sept. 21

Time

Location New York, NY UN

Activities/Event UN General Assembly General debate

07:45 09:00

The Modern Restaurant

Wednesday 21 Sept.

15:00 17:00

UN

AstraZeneca, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health [email protected] and Plan: The Young Health Programme: Breakfast on Decreasing NonCommunicable Diseases by Addressing Adolescent Health Address: 9 West 53rd Street Republic of Trinidad and Tobago: High Level Colloquium for Woman as contact with the Prime Minister of Trinidad Agents of Change in the Global Fight of Poverty and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar, UNDP Hellen Clark and UN Women Michelle Bachelet

Wednesday 21 Sept.

17:30 19:30

Thursday 22 Sept.

Monday 26 Sept. to Friday 30 Sept.

Note

Waldorf Astoria United Nations Foundation and Dow Corning Corporation: Celebration by invitation only of the One-Year Anniversary of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves New York, NY High-level Meeting of the General assembly to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and UN Programme of action (resolution 65/240) New York, NY General debate UN

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