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Universidad de Navarra

APHN Atlas of palliative care in the Asia Pacific Regions 2025

Publication

24 Apr 2025

Palliative care (PC) is integral to universal health coverage (UHC) as it alleviates suffering and enhances the quality of life. However, its accessibility and integration into healthcare systems remain inconsistent globally. Evaluating PC development offers critical insights into health system capacities, especially in addressing serious health-related suffering.&nbsp;This first Palliative Care A...

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Action on Smoking and Health

UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution Resources

Database

23 Apr 2025

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has correctly designated cigarette filters as a form of single-use plastic. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for the plastics treaty must consider a ban or strict regulation of all single-use plastics as a necessary measure to reduce pollution and save our oceans.&nbsp;

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Webinar Series

Database

23 Apr 2025

ASH began this webinar series as the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 to fill an information gap that existed. We’ve continued the series to provide a platform for credible partners to share their timely research and resources.

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United for Global Mental Health

Need2Know - Air Pollution and Mental Health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

19 Apr 2025

Air pollution is contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Outdoor and indoor air pollution cause respiratory and other diseases and are important sources of morbidity and mortality. At the same time, the connection between air pollution and mental health is a growing area of researc...

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Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance

Laws, regulations and national strategies on Palliative Care

Briefs & Fact Sheets

16 Apr 2025

This page provides a list of laws, regulations and national strategies which include palliative care or are specific to palliative care.&nbsp;These are available to download and can be used to guide countries in creating new national strategies and other policy documents.

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Palliative Medicine Reports

Palliative Care in Public Policy: Results from a Global Survey

Article

16 Apr 2025

Background: Public policy has been a foundational component of the World Health Organization public health model for palliative care development since 1990. There is, however, limited evidence on the existence and character of palliative care policy at the country level.Objective: To identify, report on, and map the presence of national palliative care strategies, plans, legislation, and dedicated...

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Global Self Care Federation

How self-care contributes to the risk-reduction, prevention & management of NCDs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

16 Apr 2025

This paper makes the case for prioritizing self-care as a central pillar of the global NCD response. It explores proven self-care strategies that enhance PHC and UHC, empowering people to take an active role in their health. Finally, it outlines three key asks for the 2025 HLM, ensuring self-care is firmly embedded in the next Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health.Download&nbsp;

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HEALTH GROUPS FILE SECOND LAWSUIT AGAINST THE US FDA

Article

02 Apr 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 2, 2024 – The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), and the National Medical Association (NMA), represented by Christopher Leung of Leung Law PLLC, have filed a second lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the agency’s inaction on issuing a final rule banning menthol cigarettes. This...

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Atlas of palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2021)

Report

11 Mar 2025

This first WHO report Assessing palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, developed in collaboration with the ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care based at the University of Navarra, provides a systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the situation of palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The findings are presented in clear and simple graphics, tables, figures...

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World Obesity Day 2025: Campaign Toolkit

Article

03 Mar 2025

World Obesity Day 2025:&nbsp;Let’s put a spotlight on the systemsFor too long, responses to the obesity crisis have been focused on individuals. It’s time we turn our attention to the systems that are failing us. Health systems, government systems, food systems, the media, and the environments we work and live in&nbsp;– are all contributing to the increasing rates of obesity around the world...

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NCD Alliance, and others

Kigali Youth Declaration

Declaration

28 Feb 2025

The Kigali Youth Declaration, co-created by young people in the global NCD community, highlights the urgency of addressing youth concerns and taking action against NCDs, including mental&nbsp;health.We, the young people of the global NCD community—including 60 youth from over 40 countries, participants of the Global NCD Alliance Forum (Kigali, Rwanda)—unite under a shared vision of combating n...

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United Nations

Note by the Secretary-General: Progress on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being

Report

28 Feb 2025

This report, submitted to the UN General Assembly in 2017, provides an overview of global progress in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It outlines measures taken since 2014, identifies areas where progress has been limited, and highlights factors influencing implementation at national and global levels. The report also offers recommendations to guide future action an...

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