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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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HelpAge International

Tackling Non‑Communicable Diseases to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Myanmar

Briefs & Fact Sheets

30 Aug 2019

This policy brief highlights the urgent need for Myanmar to prioritise non-communicable diseases (NCDs) within its Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda. It presents compelling data such as NCDs driving 59% of deaths to underline growing demographic and epidemiological shifts. The brief argues that health systems must be reoriented toward preventive, affordable, and equitable NCD services, especi...

Briefs & Fact SheetsNCD LabGender, equity and human rights

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NCD Alliance

Delivering healthy lives and well-being for women and girls

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Jun 2019

With Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) causing two of every three deaths of women each year, action to implement Universal Health Coverage (UHC) must recognise and address sex and gender differences in NCD risk factors, care pathways and outcomes if services are to be targeted effectively and deliver healthy lives and well-being for women and girls around the world.&nbsp;This policy brief outlines s...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+8

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Every Woman Every Child

Saving Lives Protecting Futures: Progress Report on Global Strategy for Women and Children's Health 2010-2015

Report

07 May 2019

This report measures progress of the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health towards the achievement of Millennium Development Goals 4, 5, and 6. The report also mentions areas that require heightened mobilization and development; lessons learned from the past 5 years of Global Strategy work are reviewed and accompanied by further recommendations for future work.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesGender, equity and human rights+5

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International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health.

Article

05 Mar 2019

This article provides an outline of a conference held by the Commission on the Social Determinants of Health - an independent inquiry to understand the social and environmental issues that affect health and to investigate the appropriate actions that could bring greater health equity.

ArticleGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO QualityRights initiative – improving quality, promoting human rights

Strategy document

13 Feb 2019

The WHO QualityRights initiative aims to improve the quality and human rights conditions in inpatient and outpatient mental health and social care facilities and empower organizations to advocate for the rights of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities.

Strategy documentMental Health and Neurological ConditionsGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization (WHO)

The WHO QualityRights Tool Kit

Guide

13 Feb 2019

The WHO QualityRights Tool Kit supports countries to assess and improve the quality of care and human rights conditions in mental health and social care facilities. The toolkit is suitable for use in low, middle and high-income countries, can be used by Governments and NGOs, supports improvements on the ground and at the policy level, and promotes participation of people with mental health conditi...

GuideMental Health and Neurological ConditionsGender, equity and human rights

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UN Women

Making the SDGs count for women and girls with disabilities

Briefs & Fact Sheets

28 Dec 2018

This brief underlines the need to mainstream disability into all efforts to achieve gender equality and women's empowerment (SDG 5); highlights key issues for ending poverty (SDG 1) and ensuring healthy lives (SDG 3) for women and girls with disabilities; and calls for closing data gaps on gender and disability.

Briefs & Fact SheetsDisability and rehabilitationGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Ensuring a human rights-based approach for people living with dementia

Briefs & Fact Sheets

27 Nov 2018

This policy brief provides key messages and an overview of a human rights-based approach for people living with dementia, including case-studies.

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsGender, equity and human rights

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World Health Organization

WHO quality rights initiative – improving quality, promoting human rights

Database

12 Nov 2018

This databade aims to improve the quality and human rights conditions in inpatient and outpatient mental health and social care facilities and empower organizations to advocate for the rights of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities.

DatabaseMental Health and Neurological ConditionsGender, equity and human rights

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WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Noncommunicable disease risk factors and socioeconomic inequalities - what are the links? A multicountry analysis of noncommunicable disease surveillance data

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents the results of analysis of population-level surveillance data on NCD risk factors from selected countries in the Region, namely, China, Fiji, Malaysia, Nauru and Philippines. The aim was to conduct comparable cross-country analyses to examine the relationships between NCD (behavioral) risk factors and indicators of social disadvantage and socioeconomic status.

ReportGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution+3

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World Health Organization

Mainstreaming gender in health adaptation to climate change programmes

Guide

17 Oct 2018

This guide is targeted towards programme managers who work in climate change and health adaptation, and provides them with practical information and concrete guidance to mainstream gender throughout all four phases of the project cycle: identification, formulation and design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.

GuideEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rights

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