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06 Dec 2023

World Health Organization

Mira’s story: trust in your health-care provider can go a long way in transforming diabetes care

Mira, a tenacious and energetic 67-year-old woman from Alamedin district near Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, has been living with diabetes since 1985. Her story is one of resilience and community, and conviction that living a healthy life is possible.&nbsp; As an active member of a local support group, she is a passionate advocate for the effectiveness of these groups in helping people manage their con...

06 Dec 2023

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23 Nov 2023

World Health Organization

Scaling up mental health and psychosocial services for Armenian refugees

The journey to Armenia from Karabakh put over 100 000 refugees through a gruelling ordeal, leaving many in urgent need of mental health support. A WHO team spoke to refugees who had recently arrived at a temporary shelter. Their individual voices tell a shared story: “We will never forget that terrible journey to Armenia. This experience will stay with me forever and is repeated in my dreams...

23 Nov 2023

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11 Oct 2023

The George Institute for Global Health

Reflections from Women Deliver: championing gendered approaches to addressing non-communicable diseases

At Women Deliver 2023, The George Institute for Global Health and World Health Organization launched a global call-to-action to share evidence, best practice and learning around the gendered barriers to access for non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and care. In Korea, single mother Mrs. Kim works as a farm labourer and has a treatable heart condition. Her mai...

11 Oct 2023

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14 Sep 2023

World Health Organization

Launch of the Global Mapping Report on Multisectoral Actions & Global Week of Action on NCDs

Today marks the launch of this year’s Global Week for Action on NCDs, a yearly campaign aimed at slowing the increasing burden of NCDs with contributions of people everywhere. Actions can be big or small - the power of the Global Week for Action comes through collaboration across countries and sectors towards a common goal: reducing preventable death and illness and increasing health and equity...

14 Sep 2023

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21 Nov 2022

World Health Organization

Tackling diabetes in children and adolescents in Indonesia: The PEDIA project

The NCD issue Some 1,300 children were estimated to live with type 1 diabetes in Indonesia in 2020, yet their number is believed to be strongly underreported. Diagnosing and managing diabetes is particularly challenging for children and their families across the large, archipelagic country. Geographical and socioeconomic barriers complicate the reliable supply of insulin, and national health in...

21 Nov 2022

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12 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

Excerpt: 'It's Our Time to Shine' – A film made by First Nations older people from Manitoulin Island, Canada

In August 2021, as part of a global Participatory Video (PV) VOICE project led by WHO, eight older people from four First Nations (Aundeck Omni Kaning, M’Chigeeng, White Fish River, Wiikwemikoong) came together on Manitoulin Island in Canada. They created their own film on aspects of healthy ageing in their context and used it for discussion with local stakeholders, guided by a facilitator from...

12 Nov 2021

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UNICEF

Community-based mental health care in Peru

Peru

22 Sep 2021

At age 14, Andre* (name changed) considers himself open-minded and able to adapt to new circumstances. About two years ago, however, his mother, Roxana, received a distressed phone call from Andre’s school. “He was under a desk, crying, and saying that he didn’t want to keep living,” Roxana said. Roxana knew her son needed help. But she and Andre live in the northern outskirts of Lim...

22 Sep 2021

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15 Nov 2020

World Health Organization

Vanuatu: caring for people with diabetes

With its population scattered across 83 islands, reaching everyone in Vanuatu who lives with a noncommunicable disease (NCD), such as diabetes, has been both a long-standing ambition and a logistical challenge. To help achieve this goal, WHO has worked with the Government of Vanuatu to introduce a package of interventions to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases through the primary health c...

15 Nov 2020

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22 Oct 2020

The George Institute for Global Health

ASHAs show the way - caring for the mental health of communities starts with self-care

NEW DELHI, FEB 18. Anita (name changed), an accredited social health activist from a village in Haryana, was one among several frontline health workers who received training on understanding and diagnosing common mental disorders in the community from a team of mental health professionals working at The George Institute for Global Health (India). During the training, she was able to recognize symp...

22 Oct 2020

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World Health Organization

Help frontline workers cope with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: Suggested actions for team managers

Guide

03 Aug 2020

Going to work during the COVID-19 pandemic has put frontline workers under enormous and unprecedented pressure, endangering their physical and psychological well-being and social well-being. Employees subject to increased or prolonged stress become m...

GuideMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCommunicable diseases

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20 Oct 2017

World Health Organization

WHO sending NCDs medicines and materials kits to humanitarian crises

To respond to the continuing need during humanitarian crises to treat people for noncommunicable diseases, WHO has developed and started delivering its first dedicated kits of medicines and equipment for caring for people living with diabetes, hypertension and related conditions. This video follows the assembly of the kits in the Netherlands and their delivery to southern Turkey, where WHO dispatc...

20 Oct 2017

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World Health Organization

WHO guidelines on the management of health complications from female genital mutilation

Guide

05 Jun 2016

These guidelines are intended primarily for health-care professionals involved in the care of girls and women who have been subjected to any form of female genital mutilation (FGM).This document also provides guidance for policy-makers, health-care m...

GuideMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthPrevention of violence and injuriesSocial determinants of health+2

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