World Health Organization
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Publication
17 Oct 2018
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989.
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World Health Organization
Free health care’ policies: Opportunities and risks for moving towards UHC
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This policy brief outlines what is meant by free health care policies and why it is important to discuss these in relation to universal health coverage. It explores health financing policy issues related to free health care policies as well as the po...
American Cancer Society
Factors influencing risk-based care of the childhood cancer survivor in the 21st century
Publication
15 Aug 2018
The population of adult survivors of childhood cancer continues to grow as survival rates improve. Although it is well established that these survivors experience various complications and comorbidities related to their malignancy and treatment, this...
World Health Organization
Integrating palliative care and symptom relief into paediatrics.
Publication
10 Aug 2018
People younger than 20 years comprise 35% of the global population and 40% of the global population of least-developed nations. The number of children – neonates, infants, children, and adolescents up to 19 years of age – who need pediatric palli...
World Health Organization
Why palliative care is an essential function of primary health care
Publication
07 Aug 2018
"Why Palliative Care is an Essential Function of Primary Health Care" emphasizes that integrating palliative care into primary health care is crucial for achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and improving the quality of life for patients with se...
AIDS
Opportunities and challenges for evidence-informed HIV-noncommunicable disease integrated care policies and programs lessons from Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland and Kenya
Publication
27 Jul 2018
Introduction: Countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are recognizing the growing dual burden of HIV and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This article explores the availability, implementation processes, opportunities and challenges for polici...
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
In-Depth Qualitative Analysis of Noncommunicable Diseases. Multisectoral Action Plans in the Caribbean
Publication
11 Jun 2018
As the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) continues to have its negative impact on lives, livelihoods, and economies across the globe, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organiza...
The Lancet Taskforce on NCDs and economics
The Lancet Taskforce on NCDs and economics
Publication
28 Apr 2018
The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.4 commits countries to reducing by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This Lancet Taskforce on NCDs and economics—an official partner of the WHO Independent...
World Health Organization, World Diabetes Foundation
Global dialogue on partnerships for sustainable financing of NCD prevention and control: meeting report
Publication
28 Feb 2018
More than 300 participants from over 56 countries, including governments, United Nations agencies and non-State actors, came together on 9–11 April 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to share ideas and best practices, to create and strengthen partnership...
World Health Organization
Intersectoral factors influencing equity-oriented progress towards universal health coverage: results from a scoping review of literature
Publication
27 Nov 2017
Achieving UHC is a major responsibility and goal of the health sector. But it cannot be done by the health sector alone. Its achievement depends on factors affecting the population being serviced, that are not under the direct control of the health s...
The Lancet
Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief-an imperative of universal health coverage.
Article
13 Oct 2017
In agonising, crippling pain from lung cancer, Mr S came to the palliative care service in Calicut, Kerala, from an adjoining district a couple of hours away by bus. His body language revealed the depth of the suffering.We put Mr S on morphine, among...
International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases
Going beyond the health sector for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases Review of multisectoral actions in health policies
Publication
11 Oct 2017
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Many of the determinants of NCDs go beyond the purview of the health sector. Hence, the involvement of nonhealth stakeholders along with the health sectors is import...