Report
30 Sep 2022
Informe del diálogo regional organizado el 29 y 30 de noviembre de 2022 en Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, para miembros de Latinoamérica trabajando en cáncer en las mujeres.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
28 Sep 2022
Key facts Decent work is good for mental health. Poor working environments – including discrimination and inequality, excessive workloads, low job control and job insecurity – pose a risk to mental health. 15% of working-age adults were...
Report
25 Sep 2022
Overweight and obesity prevalence is set to cost the global economy 3.3% of GDP by 2060, according to a new study by the World Obesity Federation and RTI International.
21 Sep 2022
Bhutan launched the Service with Care and Compassion Initiative (SCCI) to plug gaps & improve NCD services. As part of SCCI, all persons visiting health facilities are screened for NCDs. Home care, refill of medicines, reminder & follow-up for treatment & medication, referrals and real-time monitoring are some of the key elements of the initiative. Following its succe...
21 Sep 2022
Publication
21 Sep 2022
Noncommunicable diseases cause nearly three quarters of deaths in the world. There are four major NCDs: cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease. Their drivers are social, environ...
Publication
18 Sep 2022
Introduction Since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Jordan and Lebanon have hosted large refugee populations, with a high pre-conflict burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). We aimed to explore NCD service provision to Syrian refugee...
Report
12 Sep 2022
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health issue that needs urgent attention, especially within the cancer community. The significant and growing threat of AMR is undermining key advances being made in cancer care by adversely affectin...
07 Sep 2022
From 5 September 2022, the 2022 Global Week for Action on NCDs seeks to ensure NCD prevention and management get the attention and action they deserve, everywhere, for everyone. On occasion of the Global Week of Action on NCDs, WHO’s GCM/NCD released a brand-new short film documentary co-developed with people living with NCDs and mental health conditions. In tackling the complex global...
07 Sep 2022
02 Sep 2022
People living with or at risk of developing an NCD, require long-term care that is proactive, patient-centred, integrated, community-based, and sustainable. Many deaths can be averted through investment in primary care, cancer care and cancer screening. Some Asian countries are paving the way. THIS BLOG FROM THE GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH (TGI) IS PART OF OUR MEMBER-AUTHORED...
02 Sep 2022
19 Aug 2022
In 2021, WHO launched the NCD Lab, an initiative leveraging community-driven grassroots innovations with the potential to be game changers in beating diseases such as cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and heart disease. Noncommunicable diseases kill 42 million people annually. The urgency and complexity of this epidemic call for novel, bold, and equitable approaches....
19 Aug 2022
Publication
15 Aug 2022
Background Cancer represents a major cause of mortality globally and by 2050 will be the major cause of ill health and death across the world, most particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). For forty years, there has been increasing...
15 Aug 2022
In this podcast episode of Let's Talk Cancer, Dr Elisabete Weiderpass, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) talks with Cary Adams, CEO of UICC, about obesity, nutrition and cancer. Obesity is a growing health concern worldwide. The global obesity rate has almost tripled since 1975. The World Health Organization reckons that worldwide 39% of adults are overweight...
15 Aug 2022
