25 Jan 2019
The NCD Country Capacity Survey (CCS) is the main instrument used to monitor country progress on the NCD commitments. It provides information on the status of country NCD policies, guidelines and programs, and the health system capacity to response t...
25 Jan 2019
The Virtual Campus for Public Health is a network of people, institutions and organizations that share courses, resources, services and activities related to education, information and knowledge management in training. It aims to improve the skills a...
14 Jan 2019
WHO/Europe and a group of Member States have organized a workshop for developing, implementing and evaluating health literacy initiatives across the WHO European Region to support the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In Europe, countries are being called upon to scale up their efforts to build and support health literacy. The Region is now well on its way to achieving...
14 Jan 2019
Guide
11 Jan 2019
The global economic toll of NCDs is staggering – ensuring increased and sustained investments in NCD prevention and control is paramount. NCD financing, like most global funding mechanisms, is a complex, intricate web of stakeholders, global...
Database
09 Jan 2019
By building the technical and functional capacities of all relevant staff at WHO through e-learning courses and key nutrition-related training and knowledge materials, the Nutrition Knowledge Hub aims to contribute to the acceleration and increase of...
09 Jan 2019
In order to alleviate the massive global burden of suffering and unfulfilled potential resulting from all forms of malnutrition, Member States of the United Nations proclaimed the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) in 2016 through UN General Assembly Resolution 70/259. Nutrition is firmly embedded in the 2030 Agenda through SDG 2 (End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition...
09 Jan 2019
Report
07 Jan 2019
The purpose of this publication is to provide guidance on how to integrate NCDs into the UNDAF.1 The guidance is in line with the "WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020" and other relevant global, regional and nation...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Jan 2019
This Issue Brief describes why scaled up action on NCDs is integral for sustainable development. It presents UNDP’s ongoing global and regional work with partners on NCDs, and outlines opportunities for UNDP to help strengthen NCD responses at diff...
Report
07 Jan 2019
This report examines critical issues in maternal and newborn health, underscoring the need to establish a comprehensice continuum of care for mothers, newborns and children.
Report
02 Jan 2019
This document summarizes the online discussion Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity? which was held on FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum).
Report
02 Jan 2019
A study on the impact of air pollution on children. The study found that around 300 million children currently live in areas where outdoor air pollution exceeds internation guidelines by at least six times.
Report
02 Jan 2019
This report looks at the impact of rising temperatures due to climate change on the workforce. Rising heat in the workplace implies severe effects for Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and emerging economies with...
