EOH events

To date, three expert events have been held on the Early Origins of Health initiative.

24 June 2011, London

EOH workshop, London, June 2011

C3 convened a meeting of about 20 experts in London to consider the evidence for taking action, and to discuss interventions and advocacy. A review of existing studies in this field was commissioned to identify the most promising areas for intervention, and initial findings were presented.

17 June 2011, New York

A roundtable (hosted by the UN Foundation, in collaboration with the Permanent Missions to the UN of Denmark and Bangladesh, the World Diabetes Foundation and three major international companies) was held on ‘The early origins of chronic disease prevention – addressing the NCD, MDG and maternal health link’, as part of the UN Secretary-General’s ‘Every Woman Every Child‘ initiative.

There was representation from leading UN agencies, key NGOs, the maternal health and NCD communities, academic institutions and the private sector, convening these key actors to discuss how linkages between NCDs and maternal health can be addressed at public health and programme levels.  This was of particular relevance ahead of the High-Level Meeting on NCDs at the UN in September 2011.

• A summary of the event is available here >>
• The invitation, agenda, background information are available here >>
• The participant list is here >> and biographies of speakers here >>
• Click here >> for a presentation on ‘The early origins of health: what and where should the focus be?’ by Professor Mark Hanson
• Click here >> for a presentation on ‘The linkages between NCDs and maternal health’ by Professor Luis Cabero-Roura

29-30 March 2011, London

To help establish the foundations for the project a meeting was held in London, bringing together a range of experts from a variety of backgrounds to explore the evidence base related to the early origins of health, identify significant advocacy messages and consider key issues that could inform multi-centre pilot projects and scaling up of possible interventions. Participants included representatives from a variety of organisations representing the private sector, industry, UN agencies, academia and the voluntary sector, as well as non-governmental organisations focused on NCDs and on maternal, newborn and child health.