Guide
29 Jan 2024
This essential guide provides fundamental information for parents and caregivers of children with diabetes. Developed by ADJ Diabetes Brasil, it covers everything from understanding diabetes, its types, and symptoms to practical guidance on blood glu...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
24 Jan 2024
Key facts Trans fat, or 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....
22 Jan 2024
A survey was conducted first in Ukrain neighbouring host countries and then in Ukrain in order to assess cancer needs. It is clear that the war significantly affected prevention, screening and provision of care, putting further stress on cervical cancer prevention programmes that were already under pressure from COVID-19 restrictions. Longer term, the war has increased exposure to enviro...
22 Jan 2024
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...
22 Jan 2024
Prevalence of diabetes among the adult population in Ukraine is over 7%, and reduced access to appropriate diabetes care was quickly identified as a health crisis when the war began, garnering attention in international media and journals. At the start of the war, NGOs such as the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), Beyond Type 1 and JDRF worked with WHO and the Ministry of Health to understa...
22 Jan 2024
Strategy document
22 Jan 2024
This toolkit provides key information on Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) prevention, detection, and management. Aligning with the ISN 0by25 initiative, it supports the development of workflows for diverse clinical settings, including low-res...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
22 Jan 2024
Living with and managing a chronic condition can be challenging in any circumstances. However, people living with NCDs face even greater challenges when living in a humanitarian setting. Humanitarian emergencies threaten the health, safety or well...
16 Jan 2024
Bridgetown, Barbados, 16 January 2024 (PAHO) – A Global School Health Survey conducted in Barbados in 2011 revealed that over 30% of school children aged 9-11 and 13-15 years old are either overweight or obese. Now, in an age where childhood obesity and sedentary lifestyles pose significant challenges to the well-being of our youth, the need for innovative approaches to encourage physical activi...
16 Jan 2024
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...
Publication
03 Jan 2024
WHO has been supporting EMR Member States in their efforts to achieve nutrition-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the global and regional nutrition targets. Some progress has been made, and more technical support is needed to accelerat...
Case study
01 Jan 2024
This Series is produced as first part of the WHO’s Primary Health Care (PHC) Implementation Solutions Initiative. The Series sets out to unpack the implementation pathways undertaken in country-specific reforms to understand how and why reforms fol...
Publication
22 Dec 2023
The technical paper distils key messages from the World Health Organization publication “Voice, agency, empowerment – handbook on social participation for universal health coverage”, along with feedback from a multistakeholder consultation...
