Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights about an opportunity involving the Special Rapporteur on the right to food. Special Rapporteurs are independent experts appointed by the Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a specific human rights theme. The Special Rapporteur on the right to food will be focusing her next report to the UN General Assembly on the topic of nutrition, and is holding a consultation to gather information and ideas with relevant partners, to inform the report.
This is a great opportunity to push the NCD agenda forward in the new Deca
de of Action on Nutrition based on a human rights approach. Submit written comments by JULY 10 (see concept note) – we welcome and encourage national and regional NCD Alliances to respond and share their national/regional experiences.
Please send your responses to Frederike Jansonius and
please send a copy the NCD Alliance.
Suggested reading NCD Alliance’s recent policy brief on SMART commitments to address NCDs, overweight and obesity.
The SA NCD Alliance’s framed its comment on the NHI White Paper from the perspective of the people who will use the health system. It argues for a person-centred approach as promised in the National Development Plan. By failing to include patient or citizen accountability we are destined to be stuck in the same paradigm that underscores the Competition Commission Market Inquiry into the Private Health Sector. Health and its users are are a commoditized, cogs in a financial system.
We require a non-dualist approach including both financial and social accountability. We advocate for a citizen-driven social accountability framework which is aligned to a collaborative person-centred and civil society perspectives. The citizens’ voice must be heard in response to the White Paper because it sets the framework for a “massive shift in policy and service delivery.” Our health system remains unaccountable to the people who use it.
The SA NCD Alliance has long supported the concept of universal health coverage and access. We want to be partners in this momentous change.
World Visions’s Citizen-Driven Accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals
You are invited to participate in the Gauteng Department of Health NCDs coordination Quarterly me
eting
Please attend if you are an interested member of civil society, the private sector, NGOs or academics
Objective to move the NCDs agenda forward across sectors.
We need your a active participation.
The Gauteng NCDs Committee is want your help to move this agenda forward…..
Draft agenda
- Presentation by the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa salt reduction strategy & other nutritional interventions progress to date. Ms Christelle Crickmore
- Training for health care workers…. what do the people of the province need? Let’s get your voice heard.
AMREF and GSK project.
- Cancer issues – CANSA Ms Olivia Curlewis
- Roche Pharmaceuticals presentation
Friday 24 June 9:00-13:00 Committee Room Next to the Board Room Helen Joseph Hospital.
Committee Room Next to the Board Room Helen Joseph Hospital
Confirm attendance Ms Dudu Mthombeni or phone 011-355-3336.
