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International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

The Transferability of Health Promotion and Education Approaches Between Non-communicable Diseases and Communicable Diseases—an Analysis of Evidence

Article

05 Mar 2019

Many professionals in the public health fields dealing with infectious diseases (IDs) are unaware of the programs and approaches are taken by their colleagues in the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) arena, and vice versa. A particular instance of thi...

ArticleHealth Literacy DevelopmentCommunicable diseasesHealth promotion+1

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Towards more physical activity: Transforming public spaces to promote physical activity — a key contributor to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe (2017)

Report

12 Nov 2018

This publication focuses on physical activity and how it can be supported through urban planning. The focus on physical activity is explained by the fact that inactivity today accounts for an increasing proportion of deaths and disability worldwide a...

ReportHealth promotionSocial determinants of healthPhysical inactivity+1

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Success Stories - WHO Ghana

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This publication highlights success stories from the WHO Country Office for Ghana in six operational areas including Noncommunicable Diseases, Promoting Health through the Life Course, and Health Systems.

PublicationHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthTobacco use+2

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Information, Education and Communication for cervical cancer prevention and control in African countries: Training guide

Guide

17 Oct 2018

This document highlights effective and sustainable methods that can be used to control the burden of cervical cancer in the context of Africa, following an analysis of the burden of cervical cancer and its social determinants in the African Region. I...

GuideCancerHealth promotionSocial determinants of health+1

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Promoting physical activity to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions on physical activity, the intensity of physical activity, and the levels of physical activity in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean.

Fact sheetHealth promotionPhysical inactivity

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Reducing tobacco use to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions on the impact of tobacco products, their impact on health, and the use of tobacco in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean.

Fact sheetHealth promotionTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Article 5.3 Protecting public health policies with respect to tobaccocontrol from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

Fact sheet on WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3, which sets guidelines to ensure that efforts to protect tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry are comprehensive and effective.

Fact sheetHealth promotionSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+1

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Regional framework for action on cancer prevention and control

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This framework is intended to be used as a tool by Member States to prioritize strategic interventions for cancer prevention and control, based on best available evidence, complementing other WHO tools recently developed to support national country r...

Fact sheetCancerHealth promotion

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Regional framework for action for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions about the Regional Framework for Action as a roadmap for countries in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean to implement the United Nations Politcal Declaration on Prevention and...

Fact sheetHealth promotion

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Effectiveness of large pictorial health warnings on tobacco packages: A review of the global evidence

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report presents research evidence on the effectiveness of large pictorial warnings on tobacco product packaging. It is intended to assist policy-makers and key stakeholders in adopting strong, evidence-based tobacco product packaging and labelli...

ReportHealth promotionSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+1

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

How can the cardiovascular community improve tobacco control?

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This report outlines various strategies for the cardiovascular community to improve tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.

Strategy documentCardiovascular DiseaseMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth promotionTobacco use+2

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World Health Organization

Creating an enabling environment for population-based salt reduction strategies

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report is a summary of the evidence and experiences presented during the technical meeting, as well as the discussions of the working group sessions and conclusions reached by the participants. It will contribute to the development of the WHO to...

ReportHealth promotionSocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets+1

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