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World Health Organization, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in Armenia: the case for investment

Report

16 May 2025

Report Environment, climate change and healthHealth promotion

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Action on Smoking and Health

UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution Resources

Database

23 Apr 2025

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has correctly designated cigarette filters as a form of single-use plastic. The Intergovernm...

Database CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological Conditions Civil Society Working Group Environment, climate change and health Tobacco use

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United for Global Mental Health

Need2Know - Air Pollution and Mental Health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

19 Apr 2025

Air pollution is contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics o...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Diabetes Environment, climate change and health Household and Outdoor Air Pollution

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NCD Alliance

Integrating action on air pollution

Guide

17 Apr 2025

This advocacy guide is aimed at supporting civil society organisations (CSOs) in making the case for the political prioritisation of air pollution as a criti...

Guide Environment, climate change and health Household and Outdoor Air Pollution

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World Health Organization

Health science and policy summaries- advanced draft

Publication

28 Mar 2025

The WHO Air Quality, Energy and Health Science and Policy Summaries (SPS) provide concise overviews of current knowledge and evidence on topics related to ai...

Publication CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions Environment, climate change and health Household and Outdoor Air Pollution

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United for Global Mental Health

Mental Health in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): Current State and Opportunities for Integration

Report

19 Mar 2025

The objective of this briefing by United for Global Mental Health is to provide policy makerswith an overview of mental health in Nationally Determined C...

Report Mental Health and Neurological Conditions Environment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST)

04 Mar 2025

This toolkit is intended to help professionals and policymakers in the health and other sectors implement the recommendations found in the WHO Guidelines on ...

CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions Environment, climate change and health Household and Outdoor Air Pollution

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United Nations

Note by the Secretary-General: Progress on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being

Report

28 Feb 2025

This report, submitted to the UN General Assembly in 2017, provides an overview of global progress in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases...

Report CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological Conditions Multisectoral ActionMultistakeholder Collaboration Digital health and innovationEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetyPrimary health careRefugee and migrant healthSocial determinants of health Harmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets

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World Stroke Organization

Averting a Global Health Crisis - pragmatic policy interventions to prevent stroke

Briefs & Fact Sheets

04 Feb 2025

This World Stroke Organization policy brief outlines key challenges and opportunities to reduce the global burden of stroke and NCDs through interventions a ...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Cardiovascular DiseaseMental Health and Neurological Conditions Multisectoral Action Access to essential medicines and servicesEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionPrimary health careSocial determinants of health Harmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

Updated road map for an enhanced global response to the adverse health effects of air pollution

Report

27 Jan 2025

Report CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions Environment, climate change and health Household and Outdoor Air Pollution

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International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

IUHPE Strategic Plan 2021-2026

Strategy document

27 Nov 2024

This documents summarizes IUHPE's strategic priorities, with a focus on systems change to act on all determinants of health, global health challenges includi...

Strategy document Multisectoral ActionMultistakeholder Collaboration Environment, climate change and health
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International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

Settings for planetary health and well-being: Considerations for the theme of the 25th Global Conference of IUHPE, Abu Dhabi, 2025

Article

27 Nov 2024

Concept note about the IUHPE 2025 Conference, published in IUHPE's quarterly journal, Global Health Promotion. Also available in French and Spanish....

Article Multistakeholder Collaboration Communicable diseasesEnvironment, climate change and health
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