Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Mar 2022
Key facts There were an estimated 272 million international migrants in 2019 (1). Refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants are of special concern and need protection and support. Migrants and refugees can be exposed to various stress factors which affect their mental health and well-being before and during their migration journey and during their settlement and integration. The pr...
Database
08 Mar 2022
Over 55% of the world’s population live in urban areas – a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. This trend calls for strengthened support to address health at the urban level. To this end, WHO’s new repository on urban health gives access to a broad range of WHO-generated resources to enhance local action for health. The repository reflects WHO’s renewed commitment to...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Jan 2022
This video showcases key facts and figures on the impact of tobacco cultivation and smoking on our environment and health.
Article
27 Nov 2021
Social determinants of health (SDH) are the non-medical factors that contribute to various infectious and non-infectious diseases in Tanzania. Studies suggest that SDH account for 30-55% of health outcomes globally. Most SDH are outside the mandate of the health sector; hence, multi-sectoral collaboration through Health in All Policies (HiAP) is critical. Health in All Policies looks at public pol...
Report
19 Nov 2021
All cancer patients benefit from structured palliative care interventions that are patient-centred, as these demonstrate improved care quality, symptom relief and quality of life. Patient-centred palliative care should be provided alongside tumour-centred care (TCC), rather than the sole TCC-focus on cure supported by the pharmaceutical industry. In practice, this is not the case. Commercial deter...
Fact sheet
08 Nov 2021
Commercial determinants of health are the conditions, actions and omissions by corporate actors that affect health. Commercial determinants arise in the context of the provision of goods or services for payment and include commercial activities, as well as the environment in which commerce takes place. They can have beneficial or detrimental impacts on health. Click Access for more.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
29 Oct 2021
Key facts Over 55% of the world’s population live in urban areas and this is set to rise to 68% by 2050. Almost 40% of urban dwellers have no access to safely managed sanitation services and many lack access to adequate drinking water. An estimated 91% of people in urban areas breathe polluted air. Poorly designed urban transport systems create a range of threats including road traff...
Report
07 Oct 2021
On June 14 and 15, NCD Child, in partnership with the Ghana NCD Alliance and the South Africa NCD Alliance hosted an Independent Summit Dialogue for the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS). The event was an opportunity for organizations and individuals working on malnutrition in all its forms in sub-Saharan Africa to amplify their ideas for ensuring access to nutritious food for young peopl...
Publication
15 Sep 2021
The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available WHO and other United Nations (UN) guidance for improving health by creating healthier environments. It provides an overview and easy access of 500 actions, and a framework for thinking about health and environment interventions. It covers a broad range of areas such as air pollution, water, sanitation and hygiene, climate change, chemicals,...
Publication
07 Aug 2021
With an endorsement from the WHO Director General and available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, this handbook builds on the earlier volume and helps churches to move from knowledge to action. Steering away from technical jargon, it provides hands-on guide from "Getting started", baseline assessment, establishing a church health committee, to impact evaluation. This handbook was develop...
Article
24 May 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 24, 2021 – Our vision of a world without tobacco deaths is materializing. Today, ASH released an open letter calling on governments around the world to not only envision ending the tobacco epidemic but put in place concrete plans to make it happen. Not someday, or by 2050, or by 2100. We cannot simply burden future generations with an epidemic we can and should solve now....
Briefs & Fact Sheets
24 Apr 2021
WFP’s Socio-economic Response and Recovery Programme Framework (SERRF, formerly the MTPF) lays out WFP’s contribution to inclusive and resilient recovery. It provides a flexible framework for WFP to support affected communities, national governments and partners ‘build back better.’ The SERRF operates through three pillars of intervention that are central to an effective, efficient and eq...
