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WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Core Indicators (Database)

Database

12 Nov 2018

This database provides 82 core indicators for the countries, territories, and subregions of the Americas, which are categorized as follows: demographic-socioeconomic, health status, risk factors, services coverage, and health systems.

DatabaseCardiovascular DiseaseCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityUnhealthy dietsTobacco use+7

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WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Western Pacific Regional action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (2014-2020)

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report provides a road map and a menu of very cost-effective interventions for all Member States and other stakeholders, to take coordinated and coherent action at all levels to attain the nine voluntary global targets by 2025. It emphasizes the...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+10

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WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Third intercountry training workshop on cardiovascular disease prevention, control and management in the Mekong countries, Pakse, Lao People's Democratic Republic, 18-20 June 2018: meeting report

Report

12 Nov 2018

This is a report on two intercountry training workshops conducted by WHO on cardiovascular disease prevention, control and management in the Mekong countries.

ReportCardiovascular DiseasePrimary health careHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+5

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World Health Organization

WHO GCM/NCD working group on health literacy and health education for NCDs (WG 3.3, 2016-2017) - first meeting

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report is on the first meeting of the WHO GCM/NCD Working Group on health education and health literacy for NCDs.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth Literacy DevelopmentMultistakeholder CollaborationHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+9
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World Health Organization

WHO GCM/NCD working group on health literacy and health education for NCDs (WG 3.3, 2016-2017) - second meeting

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report is on the second meeting of the WHO GCM/NCD Working Group on health education and health literacy for NCDs.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth Literacy DevelopmentMultistakeholder CollaborationHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+10
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World Health Organization

WHO GCM/NCD working group on health literacy and health education and health literacy for NCDs (WG 3.3, 2016-2017)

Report

12 Nov 2018

This is the interim report on the WHO GCM/NCD Working Group on health education and health literacy for NCDs.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth Literacy DevelopmentMultistakeholder CollaborationHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+10
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WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Noncommunicable disease risk factors and socioeconomic inequalities - what are the links? A multicountry analysis of noncommunicable disease surveillance data

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents the results of analysis of population-level surveillance data on NCD risk factors from selected countries in the Region, namely, China, Fiji, Malaysia, Nauru and Philippines. The aim was to conduct comparable cross-country analys...

ReportGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+5

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World Health Organization

What ministries of information and communications need to know: NCDs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Nov 2018

This policy brief highlights that the increasing burden of NCDs is linked strongly to global marketing of tobacco, alcohol, and processed foods and beverages which are high in fat, sugar and/or salt.

Briefs & Fact SheetsSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholTobacco useUnhealthy diets+2

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World Health Organization

What ministries of education need to know: NCDs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Nov 2018

This policy brief highlights the increasing exposure of children and adolescents to tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, and points out the education sector as having a fundamental responsibility to protect children’s health an...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultistakeholder CollaborationMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+5

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

PAHO Meeting on Alcohol Marketing Regulation: Final Report

Report

17 Oct 2018

This document is a summary of an exploratory international meeting on regulation of marketing of alcohol products held at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) headquarters in Washington, D.C., USA, 12–13 January 2015.

ReportSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcohol

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Plan of Action to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This document, endorsed to reduce the harmful use of alcohol, proposes to use the WHO’s global strategy as the framework for action and includes a regional plan of action implementing the global strategy.

Strategy documentHarmful use of alcohol

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Plan of Action to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol - 2011 (Resolution)

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This strategy document sets out the principal areas of work to be addressed and identifies areas for technical cooperation to address the varying needs of Member States with regard to harmful alcohol consumption.

Strategy documentHarmful use of alcohol

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