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Tanzania Diabetes Association, World Diabetes Foundation

Hypertension, diabetes, stroke: they kill more people than infectious diseases and should get a Global Fund

Article

13 Dec 2022

Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for 41 million deaths each year. That’s more than 70% of all deaths globally. Most of these deaths (77%) are in low-income and middle-income countries – including those in Africa. &nbsp; These conditions are currently more prevalent than infectious diseases. Sixty-seven percent occur before the...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+8

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Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

Advancing early detection of breast cancer in resource- limited settings – Workshop Report

Report

01 Oct 2022

On the occasion of the 2022 World Cancer Congress, UICC and the World Health Organization (WHO) hosted a three-hour workshop to support progress in advancing the early detection of breast cancer in resource-limited settings. Many cases of cancer in lower-income regions are diagnosed at an advanced stage, when they are much harder to treat effectively. Improving the early detection of breast can...

ReportCancerAccess to essential medicines and services

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Support Care Cancer

Establishing effective patient navigation programs in oncology

Publication

30 Sep 2022

Purpose Recent advances in cancer treatment have resulted in greatly improved survival, and yet many patients in the USA have not benefited due to poor access to healthcare and difficulty accessing timely care across the cancer care continuum. Recognizing these issues and the need to facilitate discussions on how to improve navigation services for patients with cancer, the National Cancer Polic...

PublicationCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

Diálogo regional América Latina - Informe

Report

30 Sep 2022

Informe del diálogo regional organizado el 29 y 30 de noviembre de 2022 en Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, para miembros de Latinoamérica trabajando en cáncer en las mujeres.

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World Health Organization

Invisible numbers The true extent of noncommunicable diseases and what to do about them

Publication

21 Sep 2022

Noncommunicable diseases cause nearly three quarters of deaths in the world.&nbsp;There are four major NCDs: cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease.&nbsp;Their drivers are social, environment, commercial and genetic, and their presence is global.This report reminds us the true scale of the threat posed by NCDs and their risk factors. I...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+6

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Union for International Cancer Control

AMR Control Supplement

Report

12 Sep 2022

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health issue that needs urgent attention, especially within the cancer community. The significant and growing threat of AMR is undermining key advances being made in cancer care by adversely affecting cancer treatment outcomes and threatening the survival of people living with cancer. As many as 1 in 5 cancer patients undergoing treatment are hosp...

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Science Direct: Trends in Food Science & Technology

ICONIC: An international task force supporting collaboration in nutrition and cancer globally

Publication

15 Aug 2022

Background Cancer represents a major cause of mortality globally and by 2050 will be the major cause of ill health and death across the world, most particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). For forty years, there has been increasing recognition of the need to better understand how the modifiable factors related to diet, nutrition and&nbsp;physical activity&nbsp;can influence the...

PublicationCancerNutrition and food safetyPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets

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International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

FIP knowledge and skills reference guide for professional development in cancer care (2022)

Publication

29 Jul 2022

This knowledge and skills reference guide provides a comprehensive list of required knowledge and skills in pharmaceutical and related care to support pharmacists to develop, upskill and refresh knowledge in cancer care and related roles in pharmacy. The guide supplements the FIP handbook on cancer for pharmacists and was developed in consultation with a global reference group.

PublicationCancerMultistakeholder CollaborationHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution+3

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International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

Cancer: A handbook for pharmacists (2022)

Publication

29 Jul 2022

This handbook identifies and describes pharmacist-led interventions in cancer prevention, screening, management, and treatment optimisation to both support their implementation in pharmacy practice and to support advocacy efforts towards the optimisation and expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice in cancer and NCDs in general.

PublicationCancerMultistakeholder CollaborationHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution+3

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World Health Organization

Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment, 2022 update

Guide

04 Jul 2022

This WHO-led compendium collates guidance from WHO and other UN agencies on policies, interventions, capacity-building, and awareness for improving the health impacts of environmental issues.

GuideCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+2

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Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

Dialogue régional – Afrique francophone : Cancers féminins : échanger les expériences et renforcer les réseaux régionaux

Report

01 Jun 2022

Ce premier Dialogue régional organisé en présentiel en 2022 a permis de réunir pendant deux jours (12-13 juillet 2022 à Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) près de 60 participants, dont les représentants des Ministères de la Santé et de la société civile de 12 pays d’Afrique francophone (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinée, Mali, Niger, Re�...

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HRIDAY

Report on Tobacco Control in India (2022)

Report

29 May 2022

https://ntcp.mohfw.gov.in/assets/document/surveys-reports-publications/Report%20on%20Tobacco%20Control%20in%20India%202022_22%20April%202024.pdf&nbsp;

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+4

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