{"id":53603,"date":"2025-07-06T16:42:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T11:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=53603"},"modified":"2025-07-07T17:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:06:14","slug":"3-by-35-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/3-by-35-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"3 by 35 Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>3 by 35 Initiative Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a\u201d3 by 35\u201d initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About 3 by 35 Initiative<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an initiative urging countries to raise real prices on <\/span><b>tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks by at least 50 per cent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by 2035.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initiative has an ambitious goal of <\/span><b>raising US $1 trillion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over the <\/span><b>next 10 years.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to <\/span><b>revitalize health taxes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a powerful tool to <\/span><b>reduce harmful consumption<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, save lives, and generate vital public revenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By implementing well-designed and effectively enforced taxes on these products, countries can mobilize significant domestic resources while advancing public health.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">The 3 by 35 Initiative has three key actions<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mobilizing countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 WHO and partners will engage heads of state, finance and health ministries, and civil society to build political momentum. Countries participating in the Initiative will benefit from peer learning, strategic support, and global recognition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Supporting country-led policies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Countries requesting assistance will receive direct support to develop tailored, evidence-based health tax policies. Others will benefit from a shared knowledge platform offering guidance, tools, and best practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Building commitment and partnerships<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Through inclusive dialogue and collaboration, the Initiative seeks to shift public and political perceptions, foster cross-sector alliances, and strengthen the role of civil society in advocating for sustainable health financing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/pune\/who-initiative-targets-tobacco-alcohol-sugary-drinks-10107561\/#:~:text=The%20World%20Health%20Organization%20(WHO,and%20generate%20critical%20public%20revenue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 3 by 35 Initiative  is an initiative urging countries to raise real prices on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks by at least 50 per cent by 2035.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1365,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-53603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-3-by-35-initiative","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}