Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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World Health Organization

Governance for public health across the health and allied sectors: a report to guide country-level institutional capacity for essential public health functions underpinning multisectoral approaches

Report

15 Nov 2025

The diverse&nbsp;public health&nbsp;challenges&nbsp;require multisectoral, integrated action, supported by robust and well-coordinated governance that involves actors within and beyond the health sector. Framed around Essential Public Health Function...

ReportMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of health+3

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World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer

IARC WHO Academy course: Using the IARC Atlas of Breast Cancer Early Detection

Guide

31 Oct 2025

Are you a primary health professional, a community worker, a radiology or pathology professional, or a trainer on breast cancer early detection?This new flexible and interactive e-learning course is for you. It provides an overview of key sections fr...

GuideCancerMultistakeholder CollaborationHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+4

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World Health Organization

Reporting on the world’s biggest killers: a journalist’s guide to covering noncommunicable diseases

Guide

08 Oct 2025

Reporting on the world’s biggest killers: a journalist’s guide to covering noncommunicable diseases, a new publication from WHO that is packed with data, investigative hooks, and surprising angles on the world’s leading killers: cancer, heart d...

GuideMultistakeholder CollaborationEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth promotionSocial determinants of health+2

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World Health Organization, NCD Alliance, World Obesity Federation, The George Institute for Global Health

Advancing multisectoral and multistakeholder actions on noncommunicable diseases: thematic issue briefs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

22 Sep 2025

The thematic issue briefs discuss challenges and opportunities in advancing multisectoral and multistakeholder action on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Each brief includes a rationale, stakeholder-specific recommendations and key messages on instit...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+3

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Chronic respiratory diseases in WHO South-East Asia: Burden, risk factors and services for prevention and management

Report

18 Sep 2025

Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs)—primarily asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—contribute significantly to the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the WHO South-East Asia Region. CRDs impose a growing socioeconomic...

ReportChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionTobacco use+5

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Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases, World Health Organization

Global scientific panel on chronic respiratory diseases: Background paper

Briefs & Fact Sheets

14 Sep 2025

This background paper was developed by the Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) to provide the scientific basis for strengthening the global response to chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs). Drawing on the latest evidence and in...

Briefs & Fact SheetsChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesEnvironment, climate change and healthPrimary health careHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionTobacco use+5

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WHO, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases

Key advocacy messages for chronic respiratory diseases

Strategy document

14 Sep 2025

This advocacy paper, developed by the Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD), calls for urgent and coordinated action to reduce the burden of chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) worldwide.&nbsp;Building on evidence compiled in th...

Strategy documentChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesEnvironment, climate change and healthPrimary health careHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionTobacco use+5

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Second general meeting of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: meeting report, 23-25 April 2025

Report

11 Aug 2025

The Second General Meeting of the GCM/NCD took place virtually from 23 to 25 April 2025. More than 300 participants from over 50 countries actively participated in the three-day main event. This meeting report assembles the main highlights and key ou...

ReportMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careSocial determinants of health+6

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International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)

Reimagining our response to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health: Reflections on the draft Political Declaration for the UN High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of NCDs and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-being

Briefs & Fact Sheets

06 Aug 2025

This policy brief outlines three areas where industry seeks more explicit commitments from governments in the upcoming Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health, to be agreed this 25 September at the UN HLM:Leverage health innovationStrengthen...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesPrimary health care+7

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Association Santé Diabète, BMJ Global Health

Rethinking and redefining the definitions and how we measure availability and affordability of medicines and technologies for non-communicable diseases

Article

04 Aug 2025

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) include cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and mental health. This group of conditions is the leading global cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with 74% of all deaths glob...

ArticleDiabetesMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

American Society of Hematology/International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2024 updated guidelines for treatment of venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients

Publication

22 Jul 2025

The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) and the American Society of Hematology (ASH) released updated clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of pediatric venous thromboembolism (VTE).&nbsp;The guidelines, published in A...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseMultistakeholder CollaborationMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+3

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International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

2025 focused update of the 2020 ISTH guidelines for management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Publication

22 Jul 2025

The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasias (ISTH) has published updated guidelines for the management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). The updates to this guideline, originally published in 2020, aim to standardize the ther...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseMultistakeholder CollaborationPrimary health careHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+5

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