Guide
17 Oct 2018
This document on national coordination for tobacco control provides guidance to enable Member States to establish and strengthen coordination of tobacco-control efforts in their respective countries, in that tobacco control is not just a health issue...
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This report outlines various strategies for the cardiovascular community to improve tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This guidance document aims to ensure that the health sector works with partners in the environment and other related communities, and follows a systematic process to: Engage in the overall NAP process at the national level; identify national strateg...
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This document details the structure and responsibilities of the WHO Civil Society Working Group on the third high level meeting on NCDs. The Working Group’s aim was to advise the Director-General on bold and practical recommendations on mobilizing...
Report
17 Oct 2018
In this report, the World Health Organization maps out what countries can do to modify their financing systems so they can move more quickly towards this goal - universal coverage - and sustain the gains that have been achieved. The report builds on...
Report
17 Oct 2018
This paper discusses the theoretical foundations of earmarking, and it analyses country experience with earmarking for health and its impact on health sector budgets and the broader fiscal environment. The goal is to provide useful information to hea...
Report
17 Oct 2018
In April 2016, WHO’s Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing convened a follow-up meeting to bring together representatives of national health and finance authorities, as well as other public finance and health financing policy expert...
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This framework document has been developed in response to the mandate of resolution World Health Assembly 63.14 and is aimed at policy-makers wanting to apply the recommendations in their individual territories.
17 Jun 2018
Civil society – including researchers, NGOs, the private sector and local communities – has a significant role to play in heightening understanding and increasing action on Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in human- itarian settings. This docume...
Strategy document
11 Jun 2018
A strategy document entailing the national Multisectoral Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Cambodia.
Strategy document
11 Jun 2018
Summary Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which include cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases and cancers, have become a global problem accounting for more than 68% of total global deaths. Due to their chronic nature, NCDs...
Publication
11 Jun 2018
As the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) continues to have its negative impact on lives, livelihoods, and economies across the globe, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organiza...
