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Public Health Agency of Canada

Quality of Life Framework for Canada: Lessons learned on multisectoral action for public health

Fact sheet

13 Jun 2024

Quality of Life Framework for Canada Canada’s Quality of Life Framework is an indicator framework that measures aspects of well-being important to people living in Canada. This holistic approach broadens the measurement of national progress from traditional stand-alone economic indicators, like gross domestic product (GDP), by incorporating social, health, cultural, and environmental perspect...

Fact sheetMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Public Health Agency of Canada

Multisectoral action 101 (Canada)

Fact sheet

13 Jun 2024

What is multisectoral action? Multisectoral action, or intersectoral action, refers to collaborations across different parts of society to improve the health of populations. These include joined efforts across health, social, and economic sectors, in government, community, and other settings.1 Why multisectoral action? While the medical care system is an important element of our health, m...

Fact sheetMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

A Complex Interplay: Navigating the Crossroads of Tobacco Use, Cardiovascular Disease, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Publication

10 Jun 2024

The World Heart Federation policy brief, A Complex Interplay: Navigating the Crossroads of Tobacco Use, Cardiovascular Disease, and the COVID-19 Pandemic, explores the direct and indirect harmful interactions between tobacco use, cardiovascular disease, and the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;The brief offers evidence-based recommendations to strengthen tobacco control in the post-COVID-19 era - and in pr...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth promotionTobacco use

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International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), Louise Bannon

Fact Sheet: Understanding Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)

Fact sheet

07 Jun 2024

The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has created a comprehensive fact sheet on venous thromboembolism (VTE). This resource provides essential information about the condition, including its causes, risk factors, symptoms and signs.&nbsp;It is designed to be a valuable resource for both healthcare professionals and the general public, offering clear and concise information...

Fact sheetCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentPrimary health careTobacco use

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WHO FCTC Secretariat

Infographic: 4.5 trillion cigarette butts end up littered in our lakes, oceans, and soil every year

Briefs & Fact Sheets

06 Jun 2024

An infographic that showcase the impact of the tobacco industry on the environment and health.

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesEnvironment, climate change and health+2

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Discover Public Health

A qualitative assessment of multi-sectoral action for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Uttar Pradesh, India

Article

06 Jun 2024

Introduction Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on the rise globally, especially affecting vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries. To tackle this, urgent and comprehensive actions are needed. The main preventable risk factors for NCDs are tobacco and alcohol use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and air pollution, rooted in social determinants of health (SDOH). In India, s...

ArticleMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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BMJ

New WHO guidance can support transparent and informed engagement with the private sector

Article

31 May 2024

In this BMJ opinion piece, Kent Buse and Monika Arora discuss WHO's efforts to provide guidance to countries to better assess and inform public sector engagement with the commercial sector are critical to prevent and control non-communicable diseases, and argue that much remains to be done to protect the health of people and the planet.

ArticleMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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FIND, NCD Alliance, World Diabetes Foundation

CARE INTEGRATION: SOLUTIONS TO TACKLE DIABETES AND SMOOTH THE PATH TO ENDING TB

Article

30 May 2024

At the sidelines of the 77th World Health Assembly, FIND and the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) held a side event on opportunities and barriers for integrating care for diabetes and tuberculosis (TB). Speakers engaged in dynamic dialogue across opening remarks, a fireside chat, and two moderated panels. Speakers included communicable and noncommunicable disease experts, donors, country representa...

ArticleBriefs & Fact SheetsDiabetes

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, HelpAge International

Participatory Planning of Community-Based Approaches to Healthy Ageing

Guide

30 May 2024

This practical guide underscores the importance of involving older people and community stakeholders at every stage of designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating initiatives for healthy ageing. It offers a clear framework to map out current contexts, identify barriers to healthy ageing in low- and middle‑income settings, and co-design locally relevant, inclusive interventions. The guide...

GuideMultisectoral ActionHealthy Aging

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HelpAge International

Universal Health Coverage Fit for an Ageing World – Infographic

Fact sheet

30 May 2024

This infographic distills HelpAge International’s strategic framework for reorienting Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to meet the unique needs of older people. It outlines the key barriers older populations face such as availability, accessibility, acceptability, quality, and age-related discrimination and highlights essential components of age-responsive systems, including integrated primary an...

Fact sheetHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO FCTC Secretariat

Smoke and mirrors: Tobacco industry & its relationship with the UN SDGs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

30 May 2024

A video showcasing the duplicity of the tobacco industry—highlighting how its pledges to advance the Sustainable Development Goals starkly contrast with the harm its products cause to progress.

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesEnvironment, climate change and health+2

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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), PRESCRIP-TEC

Feasibility of the WHO strategy to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem, lessons learned from the PRESCRIP-TEC project

Case study

29 May 2024

Background Cervical cancer remains a global health challenge. With estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths worldwide in 2020, cervical cancer is the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer and the fourth leading cause of death from cancer among women. Most cases and deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Infection with high-risk HPV (hrHPV) types is the main risk f...

Case studyCancerAccess to essential medicines and services

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