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Call for a UN Resolution on Persons Living with a Rare Disease and their Families
worldwide/virtualThe global rare disease community is calling for a UN Resolution Addressing the Needs of Persons and Families Living with a Rare Disease (PLWRD). Over 300 million people worldwide live with one of over 6,000 identified rare diseases. Rare diseases are often chronic, complex, disabling and life threatening. Persons and families living with a rare disease confront
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Call for a UN Resolution on Persons Living with a Rare Disease and their Families
worldwide/virtualThe global rare disease community is calling for a UN Resolution Addressing the Needs of Persons and Families Living with a Rare Disease (PLWRD). Over 300 million people worldwide live with one of over 6,000 identified rare diseases. Rare diseases are often chronic, complex, disabling and life threatening. Persons and families living with a rare disease confront
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Indigenous Healing Ways for Mental Health
worldwide/virtualThe Indigenous Health Subcommittee is offering a side event during the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Indigenous practices for physical and mental healthcare have always been used in their communities and there are now attempts to revive and promote them in the mainstream, even in the COVID-19 era.This panel will feature US-based and global young
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Indigenous Healing Ways for Mental Health
worldwide/virtualThe Indigenous Health Subcommittee is offering a side event during the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Indigenous practices for physical and mental healthcare have always been used in their communities and there are now attempts to revive and promote them in the mainstream, even in the COVID-19 era.This panel will feature US-based and global young
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A National Day of Remembrance: Honoring Nursing Home Lives Lost
worldwide/virtualPlease join us for a national online event to honor more than 182,000 nursing home lives lost to COVID-19. This program will feature shared remembrances, spiritual reflections, musical tributes and statements by elected officials. Register here! Presented by Gray Panthers NYC ______________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing-NY, please visit ngocoa-ny.org.
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A National Day of Remembrance: Honoring Nursing Home Lives Lost
worldwide/virtualPlease join us for a national online event to honor more than 182,000 nursing home lives lost to COVID-19. This program will feature shared remembrances, spiritual reflections, musical tributes and statements by elected officials. Register here! Presented by Gray Panthers NYC ______________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing-NY, please visit ngocoa-ny.org.
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COVID-19 and the Increasing Risks of Substandard and Falsified Pharmaceutical Products in Africa
worldwide/virtualDear CoNGO members, I am delighted to get in touch with you for the first time since the Brazzaville Foundation’s membership in November 2020 to the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO). On the occasion of the upcoming World Health Assembly and Africa Day, the Brazzaville Foundation is pleased to invite
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COVID-19 and the Increasing Risks of Substandard and Falsified Pharmaceutical Products in Africa
worldwide/virtualDear CoNGO members, I am delighted to get in touch with you for the first time since the Brazzaville Foundation’s membership in November 2020 to the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO). On the occasion of the upcoming World Health Assembly and Africa Day, the Brazzaville Foundation is pleased to invite
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