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SPA Initiative Announcement: World Health Organization's 3 By 35 Initiative - 4th International Conference on Financing for Development FFD4 (Sevilla, Spain)

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Meetings & Events / Conferences / International Conference on Financing for Development / Fourth Session
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Video Length
00:32:17
Asset Language
English
Spanish
Original
Broadcasting UN Entity
DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS - DGC
Subject Topical
HEALTH
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
MULTILATERALISM
Corporate Name
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT - FFD
Summary
The 3 by 35 Initiative of the World Health Organization aims to revitalize and scale up the use of health taxes to reduce reliance on external aid and strengthen domestic financing for health and development priorities. This effort is expected to reduce consumption of harmful products while mobilizing an additional US$1 trillion in public revenue globally over the next decade.
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Speakers:

  • Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, PAHO/WHO Regional Director for the Region of the Americas

  • Kalipso Chalkidou, Director Health Financing and Economics, WHO

  • Orria Goni, Lead Advisor, Public Finance for SDGs, UNDP
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