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World Health Organization

Injuries and violence

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Mar 2021

Key facts Injuries – both unintentional and violence-related – take the lives of 4.4 million people around the world each year and co...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Prevention of violence and injuries

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World Health Organization

Preventing and managing COVID-19 across long-term care services: Policy brief, 24 July 2020

Briefs & Fact Sheets

26 Aug 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected older people disproportionately, especially those living in long-term care facilities. In many countries, evidence shows t...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Communicable diseases

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World Health Organization

Palliative care

Briefs & Fact Sheets

05 Aug 2020

Key facts Palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and that of their families who are facing challenges associated with l...

Briefs & Fact Sheets

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United Nations

Policy Brief of the UN Secretary-General: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19

Briefs & Fact Sheets

03 Aug 2020

The global crisis of COVID-19 is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing the extent of exclusion and highlighting that work on disability inclusion is ...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Communicable diseasesDisability and rehabilitationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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United Nations

Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

15 May 2020

Although the COVID-19 crisis is, in the first instance, a physical health crisis, it has the seeds of a major mental health crisis as well, if action is not ...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Mental Health and Neurological Conditions Communicable diseases

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World Health Organization

Policy Brief: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19

Briefs & Fact Sheets

06 May 2020

The global crisis of COVID-19 is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing the extent of exclusion and highlighting that work on disability inclusion is ...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Communicable diseasesDisability and rehabilitationGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of health

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HelpAge International

How to Overcome the Challenges Faced with PEN Services in Myanmar – HelpAge International (April 2020)

Briefs & Fact Sheets

30 Apr 2020

This policy brief examines the implementation of the WHO Package of Essential Non-Communicable Disease Interventions (PEN) across Myanmar’s 330 townships a...

Briefs & Fact Sheets NCD Lab Healthy Aging

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World Health Organization

Community-based health insurance

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2020

Key Facts Community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes are usually voluntary and characterized by community members p...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Multistakeholder Collaboration Social determinants of health

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NCD Alliance

Bridging the Gap on NCDs: From global promises to local progress - Policy brief

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Feb 2020

The policy brief highlights the gaps in the first decade of the NCD response and what is lacking to reach the global targets for NCD reduction. The policy br...

Briefs & Fact Sheets CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological Conditions Health system strengthening, including governance and financing Harmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets

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The International Society of Nephrology

Moving Together to Build Kidney Health World Wide

Briefs & Fact Sheets

10 Feb 2020

Policy Brief on Kidney Diseases written by the ISN on the occasion of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on UHC ...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Harmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets
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The International Society of Nephrology

A call to action on Kidney Disease: 2018 High-Level Meeting on NCDs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

10 Feb 2020

Kidney disease is a high priority NCD which now requires urgent consideration by political leaders. As the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda progres...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Harmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets
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HelpAge International

Using Community Structures to Prevent and Manage Non‑Communicable Diseases

Briefs & Fact Sheets

30 Jan 2020

This policy brief examines how inclusive self‑help groups in Myanmar can support prevention, early detection, and management of non-communicable d...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Healthy Aging

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