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SPA Initiative Announcement: World Health Organization's 3 By 35 Initiative - 4th International Conference on Financing for Development FFD4.

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   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. 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 Related Sites and Documents:  More Info . Watch the SPA Initiative Announcement: World Health Organization's 3 By 35 Initiative - 4th International Conference on Financing for Development FFD4! (Sevilla, Spain) . Press Conferences