Publication
20 Feb 2023
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights provides the most comprehensive article on the right to health in international human rights law. In accordance with article 12.1 of the Covenant, States parties recognize...
Report
20 Feb 2023
Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and...
Report
20 Feb 2023
In her second report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, focuses on the impact of racism on human dignity, life,...
Report
20 Feb 2023
The objective of this report is to provide United Nations country and humanitarian teams with a package of interventions, for adaptation to specific country contexts, to support rebuilding from the COVID-19 tragedy in a way that r...
Report
17 Feb 2023
An estimated 1.3 billion people – or 16% of global population worldwide – experience a significant disability today. Persons with disabilities have the right to the highest attainable standard of health as those without disabilities. However, the...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
16 Feb 2023
The Global Group of Heads of State and Government for the Prevention and Control of NCDs (The NCD Presidential Group) is an informal, voluntary, collaborative arrangement of interested Heads of State and Government from WHO Member States that will co...
Strategy document
16 Feb 2023
The roadmap is to be developed in response to the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2030 and the recommendations of the mid-term evaluation of the global action plan.
Guide
15 Feb 2023
This overview provides a fundamental understanding of citizen engagement (CE) and its relevance to the evidence-informed policy (EIP) work of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its Member States. The document introduces readers to the rationale...
15 Feb 2023
Actions accelerated now: Helena’s lived experience in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Helena, a paediatrician and mother, living in Sheffield in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was already living with multiple disabilities caused by an auto-inflammatory disease when she was diagnosed with cancer in 2009. “I went from being a...
15 Feb 2023
15 Feb 2023
Advocacy on rheumatic heart disease: Anu’s lived experience in Nepal “I am learning how to undertake advocacy in this sector, […] as I found that not all people with rheumatic heart disease are united and there is no group or support system.”, says Anu Gomanju, a public health professional and graduate student in Nepal, who was diagnosed with the health condition at the age...
15 Feb 2023
15 Feb 2023
Community action on breast cancer: LaVerne’s lived experience in Australia LaVerne, a breast cancer survivor, mother, and community leader from Redfern, Australia, regularly organizes screenings and health promotion activities with Aboriginal women. “We have screening days where we bring the mammogram bus. We have lunch, we get hairdressers in, beauty practitioners. It's a real...
15 Feb 2023
