Past 2008 NMH events

28-30 April 2008
Joint WHO/UNICEF/AED consultation on Strategies for scaling up protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding at community level in Geneva, Switzerland. (NHD)
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28 April 2008
Meeting of the WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Blinding Trachoma in Geneva, Switzerland. (CHP)
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23 April 2008
European Society of Medical Oncology (Tobacco Control Plenary) in Geneva, Switzerland. (TFI)

17-18 April 2008
Meeting on Myocardial Infarction in Geneva, Switzerland. (CHP)

7 April 2008
The London Meeting on Overnutrition in London, United Kingdom. (CHP/NHD)

1-2 April 2008
8th Meeting of the UN Road Safety Collaboration in New York, USA. (VIP)

31 March 2008
Discussion on road safety in the UN General Assembly. (VIP)

25-27 March 2008
Expert Consultation on Youth and Tobacco Policies in Geneva, Switzerland. (TFI)

24-25 March 2008
Arab Children Health Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (CHP)
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15-18 March 2008
9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety in Mérida, Mexico. (VIP)
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14 March 2008
Ministerial Meeting on Injury and Violence Prevention in the Americas, held in Mérida, Mexico. (VIP)
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11-13 March 2008
3rd meeting of the WHO International Advisory Group for the Revision of ICD-10 Mental and Behavioural Disorders in Geneva, Switzerland. (MSD)

10-14 March 2008
Meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, Austria. (MSD)
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6 March 2008
Consultation with NGOs on the NCD Action Plan in Geneva, Switzerland. (CHP)
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2-7 March 2008
35th Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition in Hanoi, Vietnam. (NHD)
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29 February 2008
Consultation with Member States on the NCD Action Plan in Geneva, Switzerland. (CHP)
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22 February 2008
Meeting with the commercial food and non-alcoholic beverage industries in Geneva, Switzerland. (CHP)

21-22 February
Secretary-General's UN Task Force Meeting on Tobacco in New York, USA. (TFI)
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19-20 February 2008
Consultation on alcohol production and distribution data in Geneva, Switzerland. (MSD)
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11-16 February 2008
WHO FCTC - Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on a Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products in Geneva, Switzerland. (TFI)
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11 February 2008
Unveiling of the tobacco death clock in Geneva, Switzerland. (TFI)
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7 February 2008
Launch of WHO Global Tobacco Control Report in New York, USA. (TFI)
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4 February 2008
World Cancer Day. (CHP)

26 January 2008
WEF/Davos - Closed meeting on wellness in the workplace in Davos, Switzerland. (CHP)

21 January 2008
WEF - Dissemination of WHO/WEF Report of a Joint Event on Preventing NCDs in the Workplace through Diet and Physical Activity in Davos, Switzerland. (CHP)

16 January 2008
Launch of the Lancet series of 5 papers on Maternal and Child Under-nutrition in London, UK and Washington, USA. (NHD)
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