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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Role of legislation in preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions on the roles of legislation and legal interventions in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases.

Fact sheetCardiovascular DiseaseCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+7

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World Health Organization

Improving access and appropriate use of medicines for mental disorders

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report, based on a consultative process and extensive literature reviews, provides information to improve access to essential medicines for mental disorders. It examines current barriers to access to psychotropic medicines and identifies key act...

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth Literacy DevelopmentAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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World Health Organization

Improving health systems and services for mental health

Report

17 Oct 2018

This document presents an integrated strategy for mental health system development that will lead to enhanced service delivery, improved outcomes, and improved human rights for people with mental disorders.

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+1

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World Health Organization

Innovation in deinstitutionalization: A WHO expert survey

Report

17 Oct 2018

To better understand this vexing issue, 78 mental health experts representing 42 countries were surveyed on the relative usefulness of different methods to expand community-based mental health services, and/or to downsize institution-based care. Resu...

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsDigital health and innovationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Health Organization

Mental health Action Plan 2013 - 2020

Report

17 Oct 2018

This action plan recognizes the essential role of mental health in achieving health for all people. It is based on a life-course approach, aims to achieve equity through universal health coverage and stresses the importance of prevention.

ReportMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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World Health Organization

Assessing and treating conditions associated with stress only section mhGAP guidelines for responding to mental and neurological disorders

Guide

17 Oct 2018

This mhGAP module on Conditions Specifically Related to Stress by WHO and UNHCR contains assessment and management advice related to acute stress, post-traumatic stress and grief in non-specialized health settings.

GuideMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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World Health Organization

Assessing mental health and psychosocial needs and resources

Report

17 Oct 2018

The WHO-UNHCR publication Assessing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs and Resources: Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings was developed because of frequent requests from the field to advise on assessment. Although a range of assessment tools exist, w...

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsRefugee and migrant healthSocial determinants of health+1

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World Health Organization

Atlas of headache disorders and resources in the world 2011

Report

17 Oct 2018

Despite that headache is felt at some time by nearly everybody, and almost half the world’s adults at any one time have recent personal experience of one or more of the three very common headache disorders, much is unknown about the public-health i...

ReportMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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World Health Organization

Integrating palliative care and symptom relief into primary health care. A WHO guide for planners, implementers and managers.

Guide

16 Oct 2018

The World Health Assembly has resolved that palliative care is “an ethical responsibility of health systems” and that integration of palliative care into public health care systems is essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development G...

GuideCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and services+4

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World Health Organization

Integrating palliative care and symptom relief into paediatrics.

Publication

10 Aug 2018

People younger than 20 years comprise 35% of the global population and 40% of the global population of least-developed nations. The number of children – neonates, infants, children, and adolescents up to 19 years of age – who need pediatric palli...

PublicationCancerMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health+1

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World Health Organization

Why palliative care is an essential function of primary health care

Publication

07 Aug 2018

"Why Palliative Care is an Essential Function of Primary Health Care" emphasizes that integrating palliative care into primary health care is crucial for achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and improving the quality of life for patients with se...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+5

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World Health Organization

Care of girls and women living with female genital mutilation

Guide

30 Apr 2018

This handbook is for health care providers involved in the care of girls and women who have been subjected to any form of female genital mutilation (FGM). This includes obstetricians and gynaecologists, surgeons, general medical practitioners, midwiv...

GuideMental Health and Neurological ConditionsGender, equity and human rightsPrevention of violence and injuriesSocial determinants of health+2
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