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Implementing the primary health care approach: a primer

Case study

16 May 2024

This 2024 publication consolidates the global evidence on implementation and is a guide on the “how” of PHC, combining, as it does, best practices, and the tacit knowledge that countries have generated, with more formal research and analysis. The Primer is organized in three parts. Part I explains the PHC approach, its history, core concepts and rationale, and draws out lessons for transformat...

Case studyGuidePublicationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, HelpAge International

Community Health Volunteer Training Manual – Facilitator’s Guide

Guide

15 May 2024

This comprehensive Facilitator’s Guide supports trainers, programme managers, and field staff in equipping community health volunteers (CHVs) to deliver age-inclusive, community-based health support. Focused on older populations, it provides structured modules, facilitation tips, and practical exercises covering topics such as outreach, basic screening, NCD prevention, mental health support, and...

GuideMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesHealth promotion

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Union for International Cancer Control

Tobacco control infographics

Fact sheet

12 May 2024

Download various infographics demonstrating how quitting smoking can have tangible positive effects and other tobacco key facts.

Fact sheetCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesHealth promotion+1

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World Health Organization

Tackling NCDs: best buys and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

Publication

10 May 2024

This document provides an updated list of “best buys” and other recommended interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It is based on Appendix 3 of the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020, which was first approved in 2013 and last updated in 2017. The global action plan, which was extended to 2030 by a World Health Assembly d...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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Tanzania Diabetes Association, Tanzania NCD Alliance, World Diabetes Foundation

Tanzania Merges HIV and Diabetes Care to Tackle NCD Crisis

Article

08 May 2024

Non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes have emerged as serious health crises in developing countries, as HIV was a decade ago. New models of primary health care that combine NCD and HIV care are catching on – and Tanzania is implementing this approach.

ArticleDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and servicesCommunicable diseasesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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BMJ, Thorax

Availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for chronic respiratory diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross sectional study

Article

07 May 2024

Contemporary data on the availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are missing, despite most people with CRDs living in LMICs. Cross-sectional data for seven CRD medicines in pharmacies, healthcare facilities and central medicine stores were collected from 60 LMICs in 2022–2023. Medici...

ArticleChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and services

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Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control & its Protocols

Integration of WHO FCTC implementation with the control and prevention of noncommunicable diseases

Publication

07 May 2024

This report has been prepared to assist Parties to the Convention and others working on tobacco control and on the control and prevention of NCDs to create and capitalize on synergies between the implementation of the WHO FCTC and national NCD control efforts, in line with decisions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the Global Strategy to Accelerate Tobacco Control.&nbsp;

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultisectoral Action+5

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Palliative Medicine

Primary palliative care in low- and middle- income countries: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the evidence for models and outcomes.

Article

01 May 2024

What is already known about this topic?•• &nbsp;Serious health-related suffering is predicted to more than double in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by 2060.•• &nbsp;Primary care is ‘widely regarded as the most inclusive, equitable and cost-effective way to achieve universal health coverage’ and should include palliative care and symptom management according to the World Healt...

ArticlePublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory Diseases+4

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World Health Organization

Tackling NCDs Best buys and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

Publication

30 Apr 2024

This document provides an updated list of “best buys” and other recommended interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It is based on Appendix 3 of the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020, which was first approved in 2013 and last updated in 2017. The global action plan, which was extended to 2030 by a World Health Assembly d...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+13

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International League of Dermatological Societies

Global Atopic Dermatitis Atlas: Patient Stories

Dialogue

29 Apr 2024

This collection, curated by the Global Atopic Dermatitis Atlas (GADA), features authentic stories from patients, shedding light on the daily struggles of those with atopic dermatitis (eczema) and advocating for systemic changes to better support them. Included is the documentary "Skin: Our Barrier to the World," a collaboration between GADA and the International Alliance of Dermatology Patient Org...

DialogueMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived Experiences

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

World Heart Report 2024 - Clearing the Air to Address Pollution's Cardiovascular Health Crisis

Report

24 Apr 2024

The second World Heart Report aims to equip policymakers and advocates worldwide with a consolidated analysis of the links between air pollution and cardiovascular disease. The goal is to identify concrete actions that can mitigate the harmful effects of air pollution—not only on cardiovascular health, but on overall health as well.&nbsp;

ReportCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and health+1

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World Health Organization

Health4Life Fund: Info Brochure

Briefs & Fact Sheets

23 Apr 2024

The Health4Life Fund (the UN Multi-Partner Trust to Catalyze Country Action for Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health) has been established to galvanize domestic financing and scale up country action for the prevention and control of NCDs and for improving mental health.The Fund supports governments, the UN development system and other partners to work together towards common NCD and mental...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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