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NCD Alliance

Bridging the Gap on NCDs: From global promises to local progress - Policy brief

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Feb 2020

The policy brief highlights the gaps in the first decade of the NCD response and what is lacking to reach the global targets for NCD reduction. The policy brief also underscores barriers to progress according to the NCD Alliance's global network of people living with NCDs, advocates, campaigners and experts through survey data ,&nbsp;WHO data, and peer reviewed literature.&nbsp; &nbsp;

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World Health Organization

WHO Independent High-level Commission on NCDs

Report

12 Feb 2020

WHO Independent High-level Comission on NCDs was established in 2017 to advise Dr. Tedros on ways to transform new opportunities to progress towards SDG target 3.4. The final report&nbsp;includes 8 recommendations on how to take action&nbsp;to best enable countries to achieve&nbsp;SDG target 3.4.

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World Health Organization

WHO NCD Progress Monitor 2020

Report

12 Feb 2020

WHO NCD Progress Monitor 2020 describes the achievements made by Member States on 10 indicators for NCDs. Within the report, country profiles include data on the population, percentage and number of deaths from NCDs, and the risk of premature death from the four main NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory diseases)- the indicator used to Monitor the Sustainable Dev...

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International Agency for Research on Cancer

World Cancer Report: Cancer Research for Cancer Prevention

Report

06 Feb 2020

The report focuses on prevention and offers the most comprehensive overview of relevant research avaliable to date, ranging from descriptive etiology, cellular and molecular biology, toxicology and pathology through to behavioural and social sciences. Key chapters include discussions on the impact of inequities in cancer, vaccination and screening, genomic individual susceptibility to cancer and t...

ReportCancerHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivity+2

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World Health Organization

WHO report on cancer: setting priorities, investing wisely and providing care for all

Report

06 Feb 2020

The report aims to set the agenda on cancer, mobilize stakeholders and help countries set priorities for investing in cancer control and universal health coverage. It introduces the principles, tools and current priority cancer control interventions in the context of the current and future cancer burden and opportunities.&nbsp;

ReportCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution+3

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HRIDAY

India Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs

Guide

12 Dec 2019

The India Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs has been developed as a result of the Community Conversations and Regional Consultations, involving voices of people with lived experiences, conducted between 2017-2018. The development of this Advocacy Agenda was supported by the Healthy India Alliance, which prioritises 'putting people first' in the NCD response. The Advocacy Agenda is guided...

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Health taxes: a primer

Fact sheet

18 Nov 2019

Health taxes: a primer summarizes the evidence on the health and economic impact of health taxes (those imposed on products with a negative public health impact like tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages and fossil fuels). These taxes result in healthier populations and generate revenues for the budget even in the presence of illicit trade/evasion.&nbsp;

Fact sheetCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesCancerChronic Respiratory Diseases+3

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

NCDprime - Modelling the impact of national policies on noncommunicable disease (NCD) mortality using PRIME: a policy scenario modelling tool

11 Sep 2019

PRIME (the Preventable Risk Integrated ModEl) is a free and easy to use scenario modelling tool that generates estimates of the number of lives that can be saved by policies that change patterns in diet, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol for a given population. It doesn’t require any special software as it is built into a regular Excel spreadsheet. PRIME was developed by researchers at WHO...

CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+5

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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2019

Report

07 Aug 2019

The report "Offering help to quit tobacco use" tracks the status of the tobacco epidemic and interventions to combat it. The report finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control policies, ranging from graphic pack warnings and advertising bans to no smoking areas. About 5 billion people – 65% of the world’s population – are covered by at least one comprehensive tobacco control m...

ReportCardiovascular DiseaseCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesTobacco use

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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Interpellations and responses to Non-communicable diseases in Uruguay

Report

24 Jul 2019

In this report, the Uruguayan State has taken on the challenge of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) as a demo epidemiological problem and has implemented a public policy based on a set of health actions and intersectoral programs, based on the recommendations of international&nbsp;organizations such as PAHO / WHO and the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Training course on ethics in implementation research

Guide

02 Jul 2019

TDR and WHO's Global Health Ethics team have jointly developed a training course for researchers and research ethics committees on the important ethical considerations in implementation research (IR). The course comprises six interactive modules interspersed with activities including case studies, role-play and quizzes: Module 1: Introduction to IR Module 2: Ethical considerations in IR Module...

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WHO REgional Office for Europe, UNDP, UNIATIF

Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Armenia: The Case for Investment

Report

18 Jun 2019

This economic analysis makes the case for investing in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Armenia. Through three comprehensive analyses—economic burden, intervention costing, and return on investment—the report demonstrates the significant human and economic toll of NCDs, which accounted for 6.5% of Armenia’s GDP in 2017.&nbsp;&nbsp;Key findings:&nbsp;362.7 bill...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+14
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