Ms. Francesca Boldrini, Director, Global Health Initiative, World Economic Forum, Cologny, Switzerland

Launch a global initiative to strengthen the national health systems in developing countries

The Global Health Initiative, for example, uses American taxpayer money to offset the gender related inequalities and disparities that disproportionately compromise the health of women and girls.

It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries.

This past year, for example, Ban launched a bold new global initiative, Every Mother, Every Child, to improve health care for women and children.

The Global Network Initiative has been launched.

Global Network Initiative On October 29, 2008 the Global Network Initiative (GNI) was founded upon its Principles on Freedom of Expression and Privacy .

Recognises that, in light of the increased threat of nuclear proliferation and terrorism, the Proliferation Security Initiative, the Global Threat Reduction Initiative and the G8 Global Partnership Initiative should be approved.

In total, 7 state hospitals, 12 health centers and 18 health units benefited from the initiative.

The National Health Policy is based on the Primary Health Care Strategy flowing from the Bamako initiative.

Diagnostics for Global Health

Expanding Coverage to Children The Santa Clara County Children s Health Initiative.

Funding a Global Health Fund

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It's the Global Public Health Information Network.

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The Nova Scotia Diversity and Social Inclusion in Primary Health Care Initiative is a three year plan, started in 2003 and funded by Health Canada's Primary Health Care Transition Fund.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNHCR spearheaded the Inter Agency Health Evaluations in Humanitarian Crises Initiative, which comprise sectorwide evaluations that examine the collective impact of health sector interventions.

Launch a global initiative to support research and development to address the special needs of the poor in the areas of health, agriculture, natural resources and environmental management, energy and the impact of climate change

Japan will contribute 5 billion over the next five years to the Health and Development Initiative.

To empower global society to act, Ban has launched a bold new global initiative, for which I am grateful to volunteer.

Governments need to set a well defined initiative for women's health promotion that offers a vision and focus for women's health into the next century.

This new initiative could become part of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems.

The EU also invites all States to join the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI).

The Partnership also launched a new initiative on a Global Forest Information Service (GFIS).

the continuation of innovative global efforts to reduce the threat from weapons of mass destruction, such as the Global Threat Reduction Initiative and the Global Partnerships.

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In an effort to improve the health situation of Nicaraguan women, the Ministry of Health included a safe motherhood initiative in its maternal mortality reduction plan.

They form part of a growing trend towards corporate social responsibility and self regulation and include the Ethical Trading Initiative, the Global Reporting Initiative, and the Global Compact initiated by the Secretary General of the United Nations.

World Mental Health Day (10 October) is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy.

The WHO study on global ageing and adult health was developed using the world health survey programme.

As Yasmeen El Khoudary, fellow Global Voices author and co founder of the initiative, explained

Strengthening the Guinean Programme for Primary Health Care (PEV SSP ME) on the basis of the Bamako initiative.

Instead, the model should be former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan s initiative, the Global Compact.

Ramy Raoof, senior research technologist at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), told Global Voices

The EU supports and encourages States to participate in the Proliferation Security Initiative, the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and the Global Threat Reduction Initiative.

A further example of UNICEF led efforts to improve the health care system is the youth friendly clinic initiative.