Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Africa

Regional multisectoral strategy to promote health and well-being, 2023–2030 in the WHO African Region: report of the Secretariat

Strategy document

27 Aug 2023

Africa faces numerous challenges affecting the health and well-being of its populations. A high incidence of communicable diseases, a rise in noncommunicable diseases, and frequent emergencies add pressure to weak health systems. Social determinants and the underlying causes of ill health further influence this trend. Health and well-being creation requires the contribution of stakeholders beyo...

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Africa

African Health Action Toolkit

Database

27 Nov 2022

This Health Action Toolkit offers guidance for working with others to promote health and wellbeing in the African Region. It provides technical support for working together—across multiple sectors—to change conditions to assure equal opportunities for health and development. The Toolkit provides questions to encourage dialogue, recommended actions, examples for different issues, and links to t...

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Africa

Intersectoral collaboration on child nutrition in informal settlements in Mombasa: a Kenyan case study

Briefs & Fact Sheets

27 Nov 2013

There has been a rapid increase in urban population in developing countries as a result of many factors including overall population pressure, but mainly due to centralized development priorities that have made cities the centres of politico-socio-economic activity. The resultant disparities in opportunities between rural and urban areas, as well as other historical factors have led to the rapid g...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultisectoral ActionSocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Africa

Intersectoral case study: Successful sodium regulation in South Africa

Briefs & Fact Sheets

27 Nov 2013

As a consequence of urbanization and shifts in consumption patterns, South Africa (SA) suffers from high hypertension rates previously prevalent in resource-rich settings and wealthier populations. Trends over time in SA reveal both a growing prevalence of hypertension and an exponential increase in the rate. Over a decade, records have shown a 100% increase in the prevalence of hypertension in me...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseMultisectoral ActionSocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization. Regional Office For Africa

Health in all policies: report on perspectives and intersectoral actions in the African Region

Report

27 Nov 2013

This report was prepared with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation (grant no. 2012 THS 317) as part of the Rockefeller Transforming Health Systems Initiative, Supporting the Development of Regional Positions on Health in All Policies and Identifying Lessons and Opportunities for Implementation (for the sake of brevity: Supporting Regional Positions on Health in All Policies). The grant aimed...

ReportMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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