Ahead of 30th UN Climate Conference (formally called 30th United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change or UNFCCC), 11th Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) [or COP11] and 4th Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products [or MOP4], we must up the growing call to governments to put people before profit, #MakeBigTobaccoPay and #KickPollutersOut.
Questions must be raised on USA to protect profiteering by its industries against public health.
Safe abortion and gender equality are human rights
Kennedy Junior further said that "More specifically, we cannot accept language that pushes destructive gender ideology." "Neither can we accept claims of a constitutional or international right to abortion" (source: Health Policy Watch).
When we read the draft political declaration of UNHLM on NCDs and mental health, firstly, it no where mentions "abortion" - although we would like to stress that safe abortion rights are among human rights.
Secondly, the declaration draft says that NCDs need to be mainstreamed into sexual and reproductive health programmes. "A single reference to gender calls for mainstreaming a gender perspective into NCD prevention and control as a critical lens for understanding and addressing the health risks of women and men of all ages," says an article by Health Policy Watch.
We must unitedly stress that gender mainstreaming (and not just binary gender mainstreaming but in all gender diversities) is critical for all goals and targets of SDGs. "Gender equality and human right to health are fundamental human rights," had said Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Right to Health in one of the SHE & Rights sessions held this month.
NCDs are major killers, most of them preventable
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