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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Palliative Care- How Can We Respond to 10 years of Limited Progress (World Innovation Summit for Health Report)

Report

07 Mar 2024

The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) report, "Palliative Care: How Can We Respond to 10 Years of Limited Progress," highlights the slow advancement ...

Report CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological Conditions Access to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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NCD Alliance, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The MENA region: Research into multistakeholder approaches

Case study

21 Feb 2024

In 2011, the Syrian conflict began. It has significantly raised awareness and action on NCDs in humanitarian settings, both in the MENA (Middle East and Nort...

Case study Cardiovascular DiseaseDiabetes Meaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral Action Access to essential medicines and servicesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingRefugee and migrant health

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Global Progress Achieved at WHO Tobacco Treaty Negotiations (FCTC COP 10) in Panama

Guide

12 Feb 2024

ASH welcomes several groundbreaking decisions that will kick start global progress to accelerate the end of the tobacco epidemic:...

Guide CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological Conditions Civil Society Working Group Social determinants of health Tobacco use

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

More People, More Active, More Often for Heart Health - Taking Action on Physical Activity

Publication

12 Feb 2024

The World Heart Federation policy brief, More People, More Active, More Often for Heart Health - Taking Action on Physical Activity, highlights the ...

Publication Cardiovascular Disease Health Literacy Development Health promotion Physical inactivity

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Journal of Patient Experience

Meaningful Engagement of People Living With Noncommunicable Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities

Article

08 Feb 2024

Meaningful engagement of people living with health conditions means actively incorporating them in all stages of health decision-making. Despite efforts by g...

Article Cardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

Nicotine and Cardiovascular Health: When Poison Is Addictive

Publication

31 Jan 2024

The World Heart Federation policy brief, Nicotine and Cardiovascular Health: When Poison Is Addictive, highlights the latest scientific evidence on ...

Publication Cardiovascular Disease Health Literacy Development Health promotion Tobacco use

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World Health Organization

Trans fat

Briefs & Fact Sheets

24 Jan 2024

Key facts Trans fat, or&nbsp;trans-fatty acids (TFA), are unsaturated fatty acids that come from either industrial or natural sources....

Briefs & Fact Sheets CancerCardiovascular Disease Unhealthy diets

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NCD Alliance

Ukraine Civil Society Action

Case study

22 Jan 2024

The conflict in Ukraine did not begin with the Russian invasion in 2022: since 2014, 1.5 million people had already been internally displaced in the occupied...

Case study CancerCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetes

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Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control & its Protocols

The Global Case for Investment in Tobacco Control

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Jan 2024

Even though the prevalence and absolute number of current tobacco users aged 15 years old or older has declined steadily in the 20 years since the adoption o...

Briefs & Fact Sheets CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory Diseases Health promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of health Tobacco use

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World Health Organization

Tobacco and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (‎COPD)

Publication

12 Nov 2023

This document is the&nbsp;eighth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries. This document is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence o...

Publication CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory Diseases Tobacco use

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WHO FCTC Secretariat

Toolkit for Article 17 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Guide

31 Oct 2023

This Toolkit for Article 17 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control brings together the existing knowledge base, including years of consultations ...

GuideStrategy document CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory Diseases Tobacco use

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, HelpAge International

SUNI-SEA NCD Self-Care Application, recommendations for intervention strategy

Briefs & Fact Sheets

25 Oct 2023

The SUNI-SEA NCD Self-Care Application, developed by HelpAge International Myanmar under the SUNI-SEApr...

Briefs & Fact Sheets Cardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMental Health and Neurological Conditions Physical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets

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