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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...

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U.S. Tobacco Lobbyist and Lobbying Firm Registration Tracker

Database

23 May 2024

Tobacco companies spend millions of dollars lobbying in the U.S. every year in an attempt to weaken, delay or kill life-saving public health policies.&nbsp;ASH began tracking tobacco industry lobbyists and lobbying firm registrations in 2021, amidst a global respiratory pandemic, and noted significant increases at that time in tobacco industry spending at the federal level to undermine public heal...

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Action on Smoking and Health

Tobacco Endgame Fact Sheets

Briefs & Fact Sheets

23 May 2024

Tobacco Endgame Guides, Talking Points, and Fact Sheets

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Union for International Cancer Control

Tobacco control infographics

Fact sheet

12 May 2024

Download various infographics demonstrating how quitting smoking can have tangible positive effects and other tobacco key facts.

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

Integration of WHO FCTC implementation with the control and prevention of noncommunicable diseases

Publication

07 May 2024

This report has been prepared to assist Parties to the Convention and others working on tobacco control and on the control and prevention of NCDs to create and capitalize on synergies between the implementation of the WHO FCTC and national NCD control efforts, in line with decisions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the Global Strategy to Accelerate Tobacco Control.&nbsp;

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Palliative Medicine

Primary palliative care in low- and middle- income countries: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the evidence for models and outcomes.

Article

01 May 2024

What is already known about this topic?•• &nbsp;Serious health-related suffering is predicted to more than double in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by 2060.•• &nbsp;Primary care is ‘widely regarded as the most inclusive, equitable and cost-effective way to achieve universal health coverage’ and should include palliative care and symptom management according to the World Healt...

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World Health Organization

Tackling NCDs Best buys and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

Publication

30 Apr 2024

This document provides an updated list of “best buys” and other recommended interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It is based on Appendix 3 of the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020, which was first approved in 2013 and last updated in 2017. The global action plan, which was extended to 2030 by a World Health Assembly d...

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International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

FIP NCDs microsite

Database

20 Apr 2024

Visit the FIP microsite on NCDs to access all FIP Programme on NCDs publications, event recordings and other resources and tools.

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HelpAge International

Healthy Ageing - self care guide

Publication

05 Apr 2024

This guide focuses on self-care and healthy lifestyle choices to support us to achieve healthy ageing. This includes our participation in holding our government accountable for its commitments and to be engaged in decision making about health and care services in our community and beyond. This guide is for everyone interested in achieving healthy ageing. We hope it will be useful for people liv...

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HelpAge International

Community Health Volunteer training manual and facilitator guide for older people

Publication

05 Apr 2024

Community health volunteer training manual (213 pages) - This manual is to be used by trainers responsible for training community health volunteers. The manual can also be shared with community health volunteers to enable them to return to the content when needed and should also be accompanied with the self-care manual as a job aid. This training mainly focuses on Community health care voluntee...

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World Hepatitis Alliance

Liver Cancer Can't Wait - Saving lives from liver cancer by eliminating hepatitis

Briefs & Fact Sheets

04 Apr 2024

Viral hepatitis infection is the most common cause of liver cancer. Chronic viral hepatitis can lead to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which accounts for 80% of all liver cancer cases and is the third most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Despite this, nearly half (42%) of people globally are not aware that one of the leading causes of liver cancer is viral hepatitis - according to resear...

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International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations

Reinforcing collaboration on Universal Health Coverage to deliver greater global health equity and health security

Strategy document

04 Apr 2024

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is defined to mean that everyone, everywhere, should have access to the health services (health promotion, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment) they need without risking falling into financial hardship. UHC is a major cornerstone of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is the backbone of robust health systems that are needed to deliver greater global...

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