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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Palliative Care- How Can We Respond to 10 years of Limited Progress (World Innovation Summit for Health Report)

Report

07 Mar 2024

The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) report, "Palliative Care: How Can We Respond to 10 Years of Limited Progress," highlights the slow advancement in global palliative care despite the 2014 World Health Assembly Resolution 67.19, which call...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+6

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NCD Alliance, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The MENA region: Research into multistakeholder approaches

Case study

21 Feb 2024

In 2011, the Syrian conflict began. It has significantly raised awareness and action on NCDs in humanitarian settings, both in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region and globally – for example, World Health Organization NCD Kits were partic...

Case studyCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingRefugee and migrant health+6

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Global Progress Achieved at WHO Tobacco Treaty Negotiations (FCTC COP 10) in Panama

Guide

12 Feb 2024

ASH welcomes several groundbreaking decisions that will kick start global progress to accelerate the end of the tobacco epidemic:Human Rights Decision: encourages Parties to consider including WHO FCTC principles and implementation efforts when engag...

GuideCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+6

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

More People, More Active, More Often for Heart Health - Taking Action on Physical Activity

Publication

12 Feb 2024

The World Heart Federation policy brief, More People, More Active, More Often for Heart Health - Taking Action on Physical Activity, highlights the critical role of physical activity in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.&nbsp;Th...

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Journal of Patient Experience

Meaningful Engagement of People Living With Noncommunicable Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities

Article

08 Feb 2024

Meaningful engagement of people living with health conditions means actively incorporating them in all stages of health decision-making. Despite efforts by global health agencies and governments towards meaningful engagement of people living with non...

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

Nicotine and Cardiovascular Health: When Poison Is Addictive

Publication

31 Jan 2024

The World Heart Federation policy brief, Nicotine and Cardiovascular Health: When Poison Is Addictive, highlights the latest scientific evidence on nicotine and cardiovascular disease.&nbsp;It explores the effects of nicotine on heart health and pres...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth promotionTobacco use+2

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World Health Organization

Trans fat

Briefs & Fact Sheets

24 Jan 2024

Key facts Trans fat, or&nbsp;trans-fatty acids (TFA), are unsaturated fatty acids that come from either industrial or natural sources. More than 278 000 deaths each year globally can be attributed to intake of industrially produced trans fat....

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseUnhealthy diets+1

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NCD Alliance

Ukraine Civil Society Action

Case study

22 Jan 2024

The conflict in Ukraine did not begin with the Russian invasion in 2022: since 2014, 1.5 million people had already been internally displaced in the occupied Donbas region in the east of the country on the border with Russia. However, by the end of S...

Case studyCancerCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetes+1

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Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control & its Protocols

The Global Case for Investment in Tobacco Control

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Jan 2024

Even though the prevalence and absolute number of current tobacco users aged 15 years old or older has declined steadily in the 20 years since the adoption of the WHO FCTC, the journey is far from over. Over 8.7 million lives continue to be lost each...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+5

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World Health Organization

Tobacco and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (‎COPD)

Publication

12 Nov 2023

This document is the&nbsp;eighth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries. This document is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This...

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WHO FCTC Secretariat

Toolkit for Article 17 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Guide

31 Oct 2023

This Toolkit for Article 17 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control brings together the existing knowledge base, including years of consultations drawing out the knowledge and experience of relevant stakeholders, to guide actions on econom...

GuideStrategy documentCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesTobacco use+3

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, HelpAge International

SUNI-SEA NCD Self-Care Application, recommendations for intervention strategy

Briefs & Fact Sheets

25 Oct 2023

The SUNI-SEA NCD Self-Care Application, developed by HelpAge International Myanmar under the SUNI-SEAproject, presents an opportunity to address&nbsp;the&nbsp;challenge of reaching people in need under constrained service delivery conditions. The app...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+4

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