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02 Apr 2025
Stroke Action Now is a global advocacy report prepared by the Global Stroke Action Coalition. It outlines the burden of stroke, evidence-based solutions, and five urgent actions for governments and partners in the lead-up to the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs.
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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 air quality, energy access, climate change, and health. These summaries aim to support decision-makers by presenting key insights from scientific research.
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11 Mar 2025
Electronic nicotine delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes, have been heavily marketed as safer alternatives to conventional cigarettes, fueling the misconception that such products are harmless.However, evidence shows that electronic cigarettes are far from innocuous, particularly to the heart. Their aerosols contain harmful substances typically found in tobacco smoke, along with new toxicants un...
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11 Mar 2025
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes, cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, mental health and neurological diseases, are one of the greatest global health and economic threats we face in our lifetime.Since 2000, global deaths due to NCDs have increased rapidly, even as deaths due to communicable diseases have declined. The global share of...
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27 Feb 2025
This brochure was published on the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the WHO FCTC. Since it entered into force in 2005, the WHO FCTC has accelerated the implementation of lifesaving and evidence-based tobacco control policies globally.The evidence base supporting the tobacco control policies aligned with WHO FCTC measures continues to grow, further increasing the support for their i...
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14 Feb 2025
This policy brief reviews the options for governments to improve and get better value for money in their spending on NCDs and mental health. It also identifies options for ministries of health to use discretionary funds to support increased effective coverage of NCD and mental health interventions. This brief complements another policy brief, Financing for NCDs and mental health: where will the mo...
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14 Feb 2025
This policy brief reviews the options for increasing funding for NCDs and mental health from the perspective of health ministries, finance ministries, and development agencies. This policy brief complements another policy brief, Financing for NCDs and mental health: making the money work better, that identifies mechanisms for improving the efficiency of current spending. These recommendations emer...
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10 Feb 2025
The article discusses venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, noting that it is common and associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It explains that VTE symptoms are nonspecific, but established diagnostic strategies combining clinical probability scores and D-dimer testing can help identify low-risk patients where VTE can be safely exc...
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06 Feb 2025
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission introduces a groundbreaking redefinition of obesity, distinguishing between clinical obesity (a chronic disease) and preclinical obesity (a risk factor). This new approach moves beyond BMI, paving the way for more precise diagnosis, treatment, and global health policy updates.
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31 Jan 2025
The aim of this project was to develop a conceptual framework and provide a common understanding of health determinants in a digital age in light of the emergence of digital determinants of health and the digital transformations of social, political, and commercial and economic determinants. A scoping review was conducted in MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science and Google Scholar. Relevant data were ex...
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31 Jan 2025
This document contains messages co-created by a global community of people with lived experience of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), mental health and neurological conditions (PWLE), guided by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of NCDs, through the WHO Symposium on Meaningful Engagement of People Living with NCDs, Mental Health, and Neurological Conditions.
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29 Jan 2025
This guide is a comprehensive resource for healthcare professionals, academics, and communicators, offering recommendations on respectful and empowering language to engage with individuals living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
