MMS News of 04.09.2012

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03.09.2012

A generation at risk: psychosocial support for Africa’s children

Basel, 4 December 2012

03.09.2012

A generation at risk: psychosocial support for Africa’s children

Basel, 4 December 2012

Over 16 million children worldwide have lost one or both parents to HIV and AIDS, and most of them live in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to those affected by chronic illness and death, many other children are confronted by the challenges of poverty and conflict. These vulnerable children face material hardship, socio-economic disadvantage, social stigma, emotional isolation and psychological trauma. Such consequences carry far-reaching social effects for many countries, and pose a threat to longer-term development. We risk losing a generation of children made vulnerable by poverty, conflict, HIV and AIDS. This year’s Novartis Foundation Symposium invites esteemed speakers and experts to assess and discuss different psychosocial approaches. You can register for free starting at the beginning of October 2012 on the Novartis Foundation website.

Focus: Swiss Health Foreign Policy

03.09.2012

Swiss Health Foreign Policy

03.09.2012

Swiss Health Foreign Policy

"The process of globalization and the internationalization of the public health sector generate a great demand for coordination between health, foreign and development policies. In order to ensure Switzerland’s capability to be a convincing partner with a coherent position and to represent its interests in the best way possible, the Health Foreign Policy was approved in 2012 to serve as an instrument for this coordination."

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