Global Ambassador Zoleka Mandela demands leadership on NCDs & urban health at UN General Assembly

October 1, 2018 by Child Health Initiative

Categories: Road Safety, Air Quality Tags: Child health, Sustainable Development Goals

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United Nations Head Quarters, New York – Child Health Initiative Global Ambassador Zoleka Mandela has issued the international community with an urgent call to step up action on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), air pollution and road traffic injury, as governments fail to reduce health burdens costing millions of people their lives each year.

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Road traffic injury and NCDs on agenda in high level meetings at WHO

June 4, 2018 by Child Health Initiative

Categories: Road Safety Tags: Child health, Sustainable Development Goals, WHO

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Zoleka Mandela, Global Ambassador for the Child Health Initiative, met with World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to discuss the impact of road traffic on child health, ahead of speaking at the launch of the first report of the Independent High Level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

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