Briefs & Fact Sheets
08 Apr 2019
Policy brief on building global capacity NCD prevention in LMICs. Highlights key focus issues and defines priority actions outlined by the DELPHI Study.
08 Apr 2019
This brief ‘key messages’ paper aims to better enable IUHPE Officers, Board Members, Regional Committee Members and Members to advocate for health promotion approaches to NCD prevention in a unified way – and importantly to enable the Organization to speak with an authoritative, consistent and unified voice in multiple forums and in all regions on the subject of NCD Prevention.
Article
28 Mar 2019
This comment, published in the Lancet on Strengthening a constituency-based approach to youth engagement within the NCD movement, recognises not only the need for more institutionalised engagement but also the responsibility of youth organisations themselves to move beyond current silos and work collectively on shared priorities for greater impact.
Publication
08 Mar 2019
The second edition of the Oral Health Atlas highlights the extent of oral diseases worldwide and reflects on policies and strategies addressing the global burden. It presents a summary of key oral health issues, including: the impact and burden of oral diseases, such as tooth decay, periodontal disease, oral cancer and more; major risk factors and the common risk factor approach; inequalities in o...
Database
08 Mar 2019
The Oral Health Observatory (OHO) was launched in 2014 to generate standardized data on oral health. An app and online questionnaires have been developed for dental practitioners and patients to collect data on oral health behaviours, healthcare needs, and the impact of oral health on quality of life. The app is free, destined for all dentists, and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store and...
Strategy document
08 Mar 2019
Lifelong oral health aims to maintain good oral health and optimal quality of life through oral health promotion, risk assessment, disease prevention, early diagnosis, and intervention at all stages of life. Read the eight core pillars of oral health in the elderly and learn about the four steps that can be taken to improve the oral health of the elderly.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Feb 2019
Mensajes clave de la UIPES, En los preparativos de la Reunión de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas sobre ENTs Nueva York, Septiembre 2011
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Feb 2019
Messages clé de l’UIPES et du RÉFIPS en prévision du Sommet des Nations Unies sur les MNT à New York, en septembre 2011
Strategy document
20 Feb 2019
In this position statement the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) proposes that it is lack of investment in the necessary health promotion and primary prevention systems that best explains the lack of progress globally on NCDs. Here the IUHPE articulates its position regarding ten system requirements for strengthening health promotion as a primary mechanism for meeting...
Report
25 Jan 2019
This final report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD) to consider the alignment of international cooperation with national NCD plans (Working Group 3.2, 2016–2017). The Working Group was formed under objective 3 (action 3.2) of the GCM/NCD work plan to provide a forum for identif...
Report
25 Jan 2019
This final report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD) to recommend ways and means of encouraging Member States and non-State actors to promote the inclusion of the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases within responses to HIV/AIDS and programmes for sexual and reproduc...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report highlights political commitments made at the NCD high-level meetings of the General Assembly in 2011 and 2014, at the World Health Assembly through the 2010 WHO Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol (the global alcohol strategy) [3], and in the WHO global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020.
