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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Atlas of palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2021)

Report

11 Mar 2025

This first WHO report Assessing palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, developed in collaboration with the ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care based at the University of Navarra, provides a systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the situation of palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The findings are presented in clear and simple graphics, tables, figures...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+3

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Childhood Cancer Day in the Easter Mediterranean Region: The impact of emergencies on childhood cancer care

Briefs & Fact Sheets

15 Feb 2025

As the world observes International Childhood Cancer Day (15 February), the World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting the challenges faced by children with cancer in countries affected by conflict and emergencies.

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerAccess to essential medicines and services

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WHO Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

On the Road to 2025: a WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region multi-stakeholder consultation in preparation for the Fourth UN High-level Meeting on NCDs

Report

20 Jan 2025

The preparatory process for the fourth High-level Meeting on NCDs aims to address gaps and identify solutions to accelerate progress towards achieving SDG target 3.4 on NCDs and mental health by 2030 (to reduce by one third premature mortality from NCDs through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being), and to set strategic directions towards the anticipated 2050 agenda. T...

ReportMultisectoral Action

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Women’s Cancer in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region: Situation analysis and investment case report

Report

16 Dec 2024

In response to calls from Member States for evidence-based guidance, WHO’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean conducted a comprehensive situation analysis and investment case on the impact of women’s cancers on health systems and economies. The findings underscore the urgent need for early intervention to mitigate the growing crisis. Key takeaways include:In 2020, breast and cervica...

ReportCancerMultistakeholder Collaboration

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Addressing noncommunicable diseases in emergencies: a regional framework for action

Briefs & Fact Sheets

11 Mar 2024

The Eastern Mediterranean Region faces numerous emergencies due to natural and human-made hazards. These emergencies disrupt health systems, increasing morbidity and mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).&nbsp;The framework aims to integrate NCD management into emergency preparedness and response plans. It emphasizes maintaining continuity of care and medications, and addressing acute com...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+4

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Palliative Care- How Can We Respond to 10 years of Limited Progress (World Innovation Summit for Health Report)

Report

07 Mar 2024

The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) report, "Palliative Care: How Can We Respond to 10 Years of Limited Progress," highlights the slow advancement in global palliative care despite the 2014 World Health Assembly Resolution 67.19, which called for strengthening palliative care as part of universal health coverage (UHC). The report underscores persistent inequities in access and quality of...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+4

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Regional expert meeting on policy action for healthy diets, with a focus on the Gulf Cooperation Council countries 1

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 accelerate implementation of the relevant policy actions to improve the “food systems for health” package and the nutritional quality of foods in the regio...

PublicationNutrition and food safetyPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Stories from the field: Sharing successful strategies from the Eastern Mediterranean Region mitigating noncommunicable diseases and mental health disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Report

28 Aug 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global challenge. The countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region have risen to this challenge and acted decisively to protect their citizens. Here, as elsewhere, COVID-19 has turned so-called “normal” life on its head, affecting everything from health and well-being to personal freedoms. However, while the pandemic has raged, other threats to health h...

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Care of non-communicable diseases in emergencies

Article

16 Nov 2018

This publication proposes specific actions organized by phase of the humanitarian response, as well as some potential indicators for assessment of progress.

ArticleEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Health needs and priorities of Syrian refugees in camps and urban settings in Jordan: perspectives of refugees and health care providers

Case study

12 Nov 2018

This study aimed to determine the perspectives of Syrian refugees in Jordan, Jordanian health care providers, and other stakeholders in addressing the public health issues of the refugee crisis.

Case studyCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+7

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Expert consultation on the development of a noncommunicable diseases emergency kit - Cairo, Egypt

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report is on the IEHK, which aimed to meet the initial primary health care needs of a displaced population when medical facilities and the supply chain are disrupted or destroyed in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster or during a conflict.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+7

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Effects of meeting MPOWER requirements on smoking rates and smoking-attributable deaths

Fact sheet

12 Nov 2018

This WHO regional office page&nbsp;provides several&nbsp;country fact sheets, publications and other relevent resources&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;the effect of implementing MPOWER policies consistent with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).&nbsp;

Fact sheetTobacco use

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