Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights urbanization as a driver of the noncommunicable disease (NCD) epidemic. It points out that cost-effective initiatives at municipal and local level can prevent NCDs while delivering wider societal benefits.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD). The Working Group was tasked with providing recommendations to the WHO Director-General on ways and means of encouraging countries to realize their commitments to call on the private sector to strengthen its contribution to the preve...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD). The Working Group was tasked with providing recommendations to the WHO Director-General on ways and means of encouraging countries to realize their commitments to explore the provision of adequate, predictable and sustained resources...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This document provides an overview of the existing tools for implementing intersectoral action against NCDs and highlights developments in the fields of tobacco and nutrition in south-eastern Europe. It also contains recommendations on key action to strengthen intersectoral collaboration in the prevention and control of NCDs in Eastern Europe.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This document is a report of the Regional Consultation on Multisectoral Policies for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) (August 2014), in Bengaluru, India. The purpose of the meeting was to provide a forum to share best practices from within the Region and around the world and to discuss multisectoral policies for reducing tobacco use, promoting healthy nutrition, driving in...
Report
12 Nov 2018
The determinants and implications of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are spread across diverse sectors within and outside the government. This calls for Member States to set up multisectoral coordination mechanisms (hereafter referred to as “the mechanisms”) that offer a synergistic response to these diseases and their risk factors. The analysis of experiences of countries in addressing variou...
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This thematic issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is part of a continued collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and PAHO/WHO to facilitate intragovernmental dialogue for a better understanding of NCD issues by making economic evidence available in the Americas, and to assist countries in integrating economic approaches into their NCD prevention and control...
Report
17 Oct 2018
This document, prepared under the the Organization’s innovative initiative “Strengthening Regulatory Capacity in the Region of the Americas for NCD Risk Factors” (REGULA), provides an overview of the status of key noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors in the Americas and fulfillment of international agreements that support action by Ministries of Health to protect populations from the a...
Report
17 Oct 2018
The Strategic Fund is a regional technical cooperation mechanism for pooled procurement of essential medicines and strategic public health supplies in the Americas. The Strategic Fund was created in 2000 by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) at the request of the Member States. Since then, the Fund has worked with countries to improve access to medicines and other health technologies, by...
Case study
17 Oct 2018
This case study uses a qualitative approach to describe Rwanda's progress in addressing the social determinants of health by comparing the Rwanda’s situation against the five key themes of the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report is the first report to focus on the health of the 738 million people living in the African Region of the World Health Organization. It provides a comprehensive analysis of key public health issues and progress made on them in the Africa Region.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This document is a report from the First WHO Africa Health Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The aim of the Forum was to explore Africa’s healthcare priorities and challenges and to find new ways to achieve better health for all. Participants at the Forum included leaders, policy makers, advocates, implementers and partners from various countries and with varied affiliations.
