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World Health Organization

Noncommunicable diseases kit (NCDK) 2022

Briefs & Fact Sheets

21 Jan 2022

The World Health Organization's Noncommunicable Diseases Kit (NCDK) 2022 is designed to support the treatment of chronic disease patients in emergency settings. It provides essential medicines and medical devices for managing hypertension, cardiac conditions, diabetes, endocrine disorders, and chronic respiratory diseases. The kit is structured into five modules: Medicines, Cold Chain (insulin), S...

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Keeping the 100-year-old promise: making insulin access universal

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12 Nov 2021

The year 2021 marks 100 years since the momentous discovery of insulin in 1921, which marked a turning point in care for those with diabetes. Over the past century, better health outcomes for people living with diabetes have been incrementally achieved. However, despite the wishes of the discoverers of insulin, access to insulin and associated devices, and diabetes care more broadly, remains limit...

PublicationDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and services

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International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

Diabetes prevention, screening and management: A handbook for pharmacists (2021)

Publication

29 Jul 2021

This handbook supports the Practice Transformation Programme on Diabetes. It presents an overview of diabetes and describes the various services pharmacists can provide aiming at disease prevention, screening, disease state management and treatment optimisation.

PublicationDiabetesMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesHarmful use of alcohol+3

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Health Action International (HAI)

GUIDELINES FOR PROCUREMENT OF INSULINS AND ASSOCIATED SUPPLIES  

Report

09 Apr 2021

The objective of these ACCISS guidelines is to provide guidance to LMICs and specifically public sector procurers on how to improve procurement of insulins and associated supplies.&nbsp; You can also download the companion list of insulin products and international distributors (updated 2024) here.

ReportDiabetesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and services

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Guidelines on the management of chronic pain in children.

Guide

10 Dec 2020

In these guidelines, the World Health Organization (WHO) provides evidence-informed recommendations for the management of chronic pain in children. The recommendations are based on the most current, high-quality scientific evidence, and were formulated following processes and using methods that meet the highest international standards for guideline development. The recommendations in this guidelin...

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Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance

Global Atlas of Palliative Care

Publication

07 Oct 2020

This second edition of the Global Atlas of Palliative Care updates the current situation of global palliative care development since the original version was published in 2014. A lot has happened in the intervening years including the passage of the World Health Assembly’s resolution on palliative care (WHA67.19). While progress is being made to meet the unmet need for palliative care globally t...

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World Health Organization

WHO package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care

Publication

30 Sep 2020

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors. The main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (CVDs like heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – COPD and asthma) and diabet...

PublicationAccess to essential medicines and servicesPrimary health care

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World Health Organization

Responding to noncommunicable diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

Report

08 Sep 2020

Responding to NCDs during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic&nbsp;describes why strong action on NCDs must be an integral part of the COVID-19 response, recovery and building back better and steps that should be taken immediately and in the longer term.

ReportAccess to essential medicines and servicesCommunicable diseasesEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Health Organization

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on noncommunicable disease resources and services: results of a rapid assessment

Report

08 Sep 2020

This report presents the results of a rapid assessment conducted by the NCD Department in May 2020 detailing the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on NCD resources and services.&nbsp;&nbsp;

ReportAccess to essential medicines and servicesCommunicable diseases

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World Health Organization

Pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic: interim report

Report

08 Sep 2020

The&nbsp;Pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic&nbsp;aimed to gain initial insight from country key informants into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on essential health services across the life course. The survey results in this interim report can improve our understanding of the extent of disruptions across all services, the reasons for disruptions...

ReportAccess to essential medicines and servicesCommunicable diseases

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World Health Organization (WHO)

QualityRights materials for training, guidance and transformation

Guide

12 Nov 2019

Set of various materials for training, guidance and transformation. As part of the QualityRights Initiative, WHO has developed a comprehensive package of training and guidance materials. The materials can be used to build capacity among mental health practitioners, people with psychosocial, intellectual and cognitive disabilities, people using mental health services, families, care partners and ot...

GuideMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and servicesGender, equity and human rights

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WHO REgional Office for Europe, UNDP, UNIATIF

Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Armenia: The Case for Investment

Report

18 Jun 2019

This economic analysis makes the case for investing in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Armenia. Through three comprehensive analyses—economic burden, intervention costing, and return on investment—the report demonstrates the significant human and economic toll of NCDs, which accounted for 6.5% of Armenia’s GDP in 2017.&nbsp;&nbsp;Key findings:&nbsp;362.7 bill...

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