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World Health Organization

WHO recommendations on care for women with diabetes during pregnancy

Guide

14 Nov 2025

WHO maternal and perinatal health guidelines are relevant to those providing care and support during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and postnatal periods, in any health-care setting.The primary audience for this guideline includes policy-makers or ser...

GuideDiabetesMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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International Diabetes Federation (IDF)

Know more and do more for diabetes at work

Fact sheet

13 Nov 2025

This factsheet provides a clear, accessible guide highlighting practical ways employers can better support people living with diabetes in the workplace.

Fact sheetDiabetes

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International Diabetes Federation (IDF)

Diabetes in the workplace

Fact sheet

13 Nov 2025

This factsheet provides key insights and statistics related to managing diabetes in the workplace.

Fact sheetDiabetesGender, equity and human rights

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World Health Organization, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Childhood overweight brief

Briefs & Fact Sheets

20 Oct 2025

The purpose of this brief is to raise awareness of the problem of childhood overweight and highlight the interventions and policies necessary to achieve the revised 5% target by 2030.

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets+6

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PLOS Global Public Health

People with lived experience of chronic conditions are key epistemic authorities in global health

Article

10 Oct 2025

This opinion piece, authored by the Steering Committee Members of the WHO Symposium on Meaningful Engagement of People Living with Noncommunicable Diseases, Mental Health, and Neurological Conditions, calls for a shift from tokenistic involvement tow...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived Experiences+4

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World Health Organization

Availability, price and affordability of health technologies for the management of diabetes

25 Sep 2025

The WHO list of priority medical devices for management of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/341967, describes those health technologies required for diagnostics, monitoring and treatment by the different levels...

Diabetes

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World Health Organization

WHO guideline on HIV service delivery. Updated guidance on the integration of diabetes, hypertension and mental health services, and interventions to support adherence to antiretroviral therapy

Guide

01 Sep 2025

This WHO guideline recommends integrating services for hypertension, diabetes, and mental health (including depression, anxiety, and substance use) into HIV service delivery. It also provides updated recommendations on adherence support interventions...

GuideCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and servicesCommunicable diseases+2

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World Diabetes Foundation

Leveraging Health Literacy and Self-Care to Tackle Diabetes

Article

27 Aug 2025

The article highlights diabetes as a major challenge, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where health literacy is often limited. It stresses the need to educate communities about diabetes and promote self-care through outreach an...

ArticleDiabetesHealth Literacy DevelopmentAccess to essential medicines and servicesPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+3

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International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)

Reimagining our response to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health: Reflections on the draft Political Declaration for the UN High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of NCDs and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-being

Briefs & Fact Sheets

06 Aug 2025

This policy brief outlines three areas where industry seeks more explicit commitments from governments in the upcoming Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health, to be agreed this 25 September at the UN HLM:Leverage health innovationStrengthen...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesPrimary health care+7

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Association Santé Diabète, BMJ Global Health

Rethinking and redefining the definitions and how we measure availability and affordability of medicines and technologies for non-communicable diseases

Article

04 Aug 2025

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) include cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and mental health. This group of conditions is the leading global cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with 74% of all deaths glob...

ArticleDiabetesMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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Center for Global Development (CGD)

Can a Global Initiative on Health Taxes Finance Development?

Dialogue

14 Jul 2025

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are struggling from the aftereffects of a global pandemic, rising debt, and stagnating growth—and are now facing a further financing crisis as major donors slash their aid budgets. Against this backdrop, dom...

DialogueCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesHarmful use of alcoholTobacco useUnhealthy diets+5

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The Lancet

Metrics for diplomats: is mortality from non-communicable diseases increasing or decreasing?

Article

03 Jul 2025

Negotiations are ongoing in New York to agree the latest UN political declaration on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health.1 With 5 years left to deliver the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, diplomats will be developing a roadmap to...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsDisability and rehabilitationHealthy AgingHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+10

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