Strategy document
27 May 2022
Decision WHA74(11) extends the current terms of reference of the WHO global coordination mechanism for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (GCM/NCD) until 2030 with a mid-term evaluation in 2025. In addition, Decision WHA74(11) req...
24 May 2022
Established in 2021 by UNDP, UNICEF and WHO, the Health4Life Fund is a global financing partnership devoted to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mental health, and their development dimensions.Risks for NCDs and mental ill-health begin at young ages and continue throughout life. These often-neglected challenges affect especially those who are poor, vulnerable, or marginalized. NCDs and mental ill-...
24 May 2022
21 May 2022
The NCD issue In many low- and middle-income countries, women and girls living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions experience particularly severe health-related stigma and discrimination. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), girls and young women testing positive for diabetes risk being seen as a social and economic burden by their families. Due to fears...
21 May 2022
21 May 2022
The NCD issue Children and adolescents from marginalized communities are at disproportionate risk of noncommunicable diseases. In the United States of America, type 2 diabetes rates have tripled in Native American youth, doubled in African American youth, and increased by 25-50% in Asian Pacific Islanders and Hispanic youth over the last ten years. However, public discourse often emphasizes...
21 May 2022
Guide
21 May 2022
The Global Breast Cancer Initiative, established by WHO in 2021, will provide guidance to governments on health systems strengthening for breast cancer. This illustrated summary outlines its goals, rationale and framework.
Publication
19 May 2022
Executive summary The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the need for well-functioning primary health care (PHC) into sharp focus. PHC is the best platform for providing basic health interventions (including effective management of non-communicable dis...
Guide
24 Apr 2022
The WHF Cholesterol Advocacy Toolkit provides stakeholders with information as well as practical tools to support cholesterol advocacy at local, national, regional, and global levels.
Publication
24 Apr 2022
The World Heart Federation Roadmaps are central to its mission to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease. They provide comprehensive frameworks for countries and regions to identify key barriers as well as implement evidence-based polici...
Guide
20 Apr 2022
This toolkit is a "how to" guide for developing, implementing and evaluating a multisectoral action plan for prevention and control of NCDs. It is targeted at policy-makers, planners and programme managers, and is intended to help countries, province...
Report
19 Apr 2022
There are many health system drivers that influence a country’s ability to implement an effective strategy for reducing cervical cancer incidence. Financing, in particular, is a major contributor to how well – or how poorly – a national program...
Report
19 Apr 2022
To understand better how financing impacts cervical cancer programmes, UICC engaged ThinkWell to conduct reviews of cervical cancer financing in four countries being supported to intensify cervical cancer elimination efforts under the ...
Report
18 Apr 2022
This first global report on atopic dermatitis signals the start and remit of the Global Atopic Dermatitis (GADA), a project initiated by the International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS) and generated in collaboration with International Soc...
