19 Nov 2021
World Health Organization
Live Q&A on climate crisis and health
19 Nov 2021
2426 Resources
Short
19 Nov 2021
World Health Organization
Building best in class chatbots webinar series: Lessons learned during the pandemic
On 30 June 2021 The World Health Organization hosted the first webinar of the series “Building best in class chatbots” . WHO, governments, NGOs, academia and the private sector, were brought together to discuss and share lessons learned during the pandemic. Chatbots are software programmes that interact with people over voice or text. Even before COVID-19, they played an important role in h...
19 Nov 2021
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Commercial and Social Determinants in Palliative Care
Report
19 Nov 2021
All cancer patients benefit from structured palliative care interventions that are patient-centred, as these demonstrate improved care quality, symptom relief and quality of life. Patient-centred palliative care should be provided alongside tumour-ce...
World Health Organization
Mental health of adolescents
Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Nov 2021
Key facts Globally, one in seven 10-19-year-olds experiences a mental disorder, accounting for 13% of the global burden of disease in this age group. Depression, anxiety and behavioural disorders are among the leading causes of illness and di...
12 Nov 2021
World Health Organization
WHO European conference on tackling NCDs through digital solutions
14–15 December 2021, Moscow, Russian Federation The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation will host a conference jointly with the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. The conference aims to unpack the public health benefits and deficits of emerging technologies and provide an evidence base for their broad-scale adoption in combating noncommuni...
12 Nov 2021
World Health Organization (WHO)
Keeping the 100-year-old promise: making insulin access universal
Publication
12 Nov 2021
The year 2021 marks 100 years since the momentous discovery of insulin in 1921, which marked a turning point in care for those with diabetes. Over the past century, better health outcomes for people living with diabetes have been incrementally achiev...
World Health Organization
Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
Report
12 Nov 2021
This resolution was adopted by the General Assembly (2021) to address the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases worldwide.
World Health Organization
Community engagement: a health promotion guide for universal health coverage in the hands of the people
Publication
12 Nov 2021
WHO has defined community engagement as “a process of developing relationships that enable stakeholders to work together to address health-related issues and promote well-being to achieve positive health impact and outcomes”. There are undeniable...
World Health Organization
Excerpt: 'It's Our Time to Shine' – A film made by First Nations older people from Manitoulin Island, Canada
Canada
12 Nov 2021
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
World Health Organization
30 seconds to cure cervical cancer: new technology opens door to rapid treatment in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
09 Nov 2021
Treating cervical cancer in future may take just 30 seconds thanks to a futuristic-looking device. The technology, recently recommended by WHO, was introduced in Uzbekistan at a WHO training course preparing the country’s health professionals to use the new equipment in outpatient clinics. For those who need treatment of cervical precancerous lesions, the new therapy will be availab...
09 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
World Health Organization
Many countries are prioritizing health and climate change, but lack funds to take action
Countries have begun to prioritize health in their efforts to protect people from the impact of climate change, but only about a quarter of those recently surveyed by the World Health Organization have been able to fully implement their national health and climate change plans or strategies. Countries report that a lack of funding; the impact of COVID-19; and insufficient human resource capacity a...
08 Nov 2021
World Health Organization
2021 WHO Health and Climate Change Survey Report
Report
08 Nov 2021
This report provides a vital snapshot of the overall progress that governments have made in the field of health and climate change to date, as well as insight into what work remains in order to protect their populations from the most devastating heal...