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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Commercial Determinants of Noncommunicable Diseases in the WHO European Region

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14 Aug 2024

This report highlights the substantial impact of commercial determinants on noncommunicable diseases (‎NCDs)‎ in the WHO European Region. Nearly 7500 deaths per day in the Region are attributed to commercial determinants, such as tobacco, alcohol, processed food, fossil fuels and occupational practices. These commercial products and practices contribute to 25% of all deaths in the Region. The...

PublicationMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Tobacco and asthma

Publication

30 Jul 2024

This document is the ninth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries and is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and asthma. This is also intended as an advocacy tool to widely include health care professionals, in particular pulmonologists and respirologists, in the fight for tobacco control and prevention of tobacco related adverse...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesTobacco use

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International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

Pharmacist-led tobacco cessation services: Evidence of impact and country highlights (2024)

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29 Jul 2024

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the key role of pharmacists in tobacco cessation and how this contributes to timely patient care and to health system efficiency through interprofessional care teams. The report also shares global best practices to advance pharmacy practice and international standards of patient care. The basis for this report was established through a review of exi...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultistakeholder Collaboration+2

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International Society of Nephrology

ISN Research Skills Toolkit

Briefs & Fact Sheets

23 Jul 2024

This toolkit is a comprehensive compilation of research resources, developed by the ISN. It is a joint initiative of the ISN Academy, the Young Nephrologists Committee (YNC) and the Clinical Research Program Committee (CRP), to support younger generations of nephrologists (and anyone else interested) to contribute to advancing kidney health worldwide.

Briefs & Fact SheetsPublicationStrategy documentMultistakeholder CollaborationDigital health and innovation

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World Health Organization (WHO)

The Global Diabetes Compact

Publication

18 Jul 2024

Responding to the increasing burden of diabetes around the world, the World Health Organization has launched the Global Diabetes Compact. The launch coincides with the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. The WHO Global Diabetes Compact has the vision of reducing the risk of diabetes, and ensuring that all people who are diagnosed with diabetes have access to equitable, comprehensive,...

PublicationDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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World Health Organization

WHO clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults

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08 Jul 2024

Supporting tobacco users to quit is core demand-reduction measure of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and a key component of WHO MPOWER policy package. This guideline provides technical guidance on a thorough set of tobacco cessation interventions for adults, and to support WHO Member States to use evidence-based behavioural interventions and pharmacological treatments fo...

PublicationHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth promotionPrimary health careTobacco use

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World Health Organization, The World Bank

International Dialogue on Sustainable Financing for NCDs and Mental Health: Synthesis of Technical Background Papers

Publication

04 Jul 2024

A technical document formulated following the 2nd&nbsp;International Dialogue on Sustainable Financing for NCDs and Mental Health

PublicationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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International League of Dermatological Societies

Estimating the burden of vitiligo: a systematic review and modelling study

Publication

27 Jun 2024

Written on behalf of the Global Vitiligo Atlas (GLOVA) and published in Lancet Public Health in March 2024, this study addresses the lack of standardized global epidemiological data on vitiligo, a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by depigmented skin patches. Using a systematic review and modelling analysis, the researchers estimated the global, regional, and national prevalence and inciden...

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

A Complex Interplay: Navigating the Crossroads of Tobacco Use, Cardiovascular Disease, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Publication

10 Jun 2024

The World Heart Federation policy brief, A Complex Interplay: Navigating the Crossroads of Tobacco Use, Cardiovascular Disease, and the COVID-19 Pandemic, explores the direct and indirect harmful interactions between tobacco use, cardiovascular disease, and the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;The brief offers evidence-based recommendations to strengthen tobacco control in the post-COVID-19 era - and in pr...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth promotionTobacco use

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Global strategy and action plan on oral health 2023-2030

Publication

26 May 2024

This document incorporates all key policy documents that inform and define the renewed global oral health agenda towards 2030:- the resolution on oral health (WHA74.5, 2021)- the Global strategy on oral health (WHA75 (11), 2022)- the Global oral health action plan 2023–2030 (WHA76 (9), 2023)

PublicationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingUnhealthy diets

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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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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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