Report
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief describes practical actions to address the health disparity in people with severe mental disorders. It provides different stakeholder groups including policy-makers, health-program managers, health-service providers, NGOs and servic...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights the effectiveness of price and tax measures at getting people to quit tobacco use and reduce consumption of alcohol and unhealthy foods and beverages.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD). The Working Group was tasked with providing recommendations to the WHO Director-Gen...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD). The Working Group was tasked with providing recommendations to the WHO Director-Gen...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report provides evidence through three analyses - economic burden, intervenion cost, and cost-benefit - in Kyrgyzstan that NCDs reduce economic output and discusses potential options in response, outlining details of their relative returns on in...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This synthesis summarizes the available evidence concerning the effectiveness of economic instruments (including taxes, price policies and incentives) in containing or reducing food consumption, particularly of foods high in saturated fats and other...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This review focuses on national and subnational Mediterranean diet (MD) and Nordic diet (ND) interventions and policies in the WHO European Region to support decision-makers in shaping context-specific diet and nutrition policies.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This publication is intended as a source of inspiration for policy-makers tasked with the elaboration or revision of national strategies for and action plans on NCDs. It compiles the experiences of and lessons emerging from selected countries in the...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report focuses on cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors in Tajikistan. It identifies key health system challenges that prevent greater coverage of core noncommunicable diseases interventions and services, and proposes three strategic re...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report examines the opportunities and challenges for Armenia to accelerate improvement in cardiovascular and diabetes outcomes.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report reviews the challenges and opportunities of the health system in Kazakhstan for scaling up core services for the prevention, early diagnosis and management of NCDs. The report also provides examples of good practice in the care of stroke...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This book draws extensively on literature reviews, government data, clinical case studies and a questionnaire distributed to child health leaders to identify the common themes that are contributing to child health across the European landscape. It ad...
