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International Alliance for Diabetes Action, Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol

A framework for improving diabetes care in humanitarian emergencies

Article

20 May 2023

More than 100 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes due to conflict and violence in 2022, a historic number that is expected to increase this year. Additionally, a mean of approximately 200 million people are affected by natural disasters each year. Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) not only host more than 80% of people who have been forcibly displaced but are also h...

ArticleDiabetesEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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Conflict and Health

Assessment of the WHO non-communicable diseases kit for humanitarian emergencies in South Sudan: a retrospective, prospective, observational study

Article

19 May 2023

BackgroundThe WHO Non-Communicable Diseases Kit (NCDK) was developed to support care for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in humanitarian settings. Targeting primary healthcare, each kit contains medicines and supplies that are forecasted to meet the needs of 10,000 people for 3 months. This study aimed to evaluate the NCDK deployment process, contents, usage and limitations, and to explore its ac...

ArticleEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Health Organization

Community assets and civil society outreach in critical times: an initiative to engage civil society organizations in the COVID-19 response

Case study

24 Oct 2022

In 2020–2021, with the support of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, the World Health Organization (WHO) provided direct financial and technical support to 54 grassroots civil society organizations (CSO) in 40 countries, serving over 80 million people in situations of vulnerability, including migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, persons with disabilities, older persons, youth...

Case studyMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultistakeholder CollaborationEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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The Lancet

Barriers and solutions to implementing a multisectoral action plan to prevent and control non-communicable diseases within UNRWA settings: a mixed-methods study

Publication

01 Jun 2022

Background The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) cares for more than 271 000 Palestine refugees with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across the five fields of its operations (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem). WHO has adopted a multi-sectoral action plan (MSAP) to prevent and control NCDs. This study...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Mental health in emergencies

Briefs & Fact Sheets

16 Mar 2022

Key facts Almost all people affected by emergencies will experience psychological distress, which for most people will improve over time. Among people who have experienced war or other conflict in the previous 10 years, one in five (22%) will have depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. People with severe mental disorders are especially vul...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseRefugee and migrant health

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USAID & iMMAP

The effects of COVID-19 on Non-Communicable Diseases: A Case Study of Six Countries

Case study

09 Dec 2021

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are health conditions that cannot be transmitted from one patient to another, and usually manifest a prolonged, persistent, and slow pathology. NCDs are responsible for over 70% of all deaths, with nearly 80% of these deaths occurring in low-and middle-income countries. In addition, NCDs constitute approximately 80% of all years lived with disability globally. With...

Case studyCommunicable diseasesEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Health Organization

Presentation of Preliminary Results of 2021 Assessment on NCD Service Disruption during COVID-19 Pandemic

Strategy document

01 Dec 2021

The momentum of progress in curbing the NCD epidemic has stagnated since 2010. The COVID-19 pandemic has become an amplifier for health systems to better respond to NCDs. For more, click below

Strategy documentCommunicable diseasesEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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WHO Civil Society Working Group

Resilient systems for ‘building back better’. Health and other system requirements for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and COVID-19

Report

23 Oct 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated more than ever the need for global and national leadership in supporting resilient health and other systems, and the reality that health, economy and better societies are inextricably linked. Also important is the mobilisation of non-health sectors through polices and programmes that facilitate a ‘whole-of-society’ and ‘whole-of-government’ response....

ReportCivil Society Working GroupCommunicable diseasesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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eClinicalMedicine

COVID-19, conflict, and non-communicable diseases among refugees

Publication

15 Apr 2021

The document discusses the challenges faced by refugees in managing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights how refugees are at an increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes due to pre-existing NCDs, compounded by socioeconomic stressors and barriers to accessing care. It also&nbsp;calls for a cross-sectoral, holistic approach to address the syndemic of NCDs and...

PublicationCommunicable diseasesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseRefugee and migrant health

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International Rescue Committee

Package of Essential Non-Communicable Diseases Interventions for Humanitarian Settings (PEN-H)

Guide

19 Sep 2020

This resource package provides health workers with guidance to facilitate the delivery of quality NCD care in humanitarian crisis situations. When national guidance is not available, PEN-H may be adapted to suit national contexts. The package could also complement national guidance for the management of NCDs in humanitarian settings

GuideEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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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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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees & International Rescue Committee

Integrating Non-communicable Disease Care in Humanitarian Settings

Guide

01 Aug 2020

The purpose of this document is to serve as an operational guide for public health staff of humanitarian organizations providing healthcare in humanitarian settings in order to ensure that care for persons with noncommunicable disease is included and integrated within the primary health care services. This document describes the rationale and guiding principles for addressing NCDs in a humanitaria...

GuideCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesEmergency preparedness, prevention and response+1

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