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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. More than 278 000 deaths each year globally can be attributed to intake of industrially produced trans fat. Trans fat clogs arteries, increasing the risk of heart attacks and deaths. Industrially produced trans fat can be found in margarine, vegetable s...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseUnhealthy 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 Donbas region in the east of the country on the border with Russia. However, by the end of September 2023, 3.7 million people were displaced within Ukraine and a further 5.8 million in other European countries. 9 million people had received h...

Case studyCancerCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetes

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International Society of Nephrology

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) TOOLKIT​

Strategy document

22 Jan 2024

This toolkit&nbsp;provides key&nbsp;information&nbsp;on Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) prevention, detection, and management. Aligning with the ISN 0by25 initiative, it supports the development of workflows for diverse clinical settings, including low-resource environments.

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NCD Alliance

Neglected and in Crisis: NCDs as a Priority in Humanitarian Settings

Briefs & Fact Sheets

22 Jan 2024

Living with and managing a chronic condition can be challenging in any circumstances. However, people living with NCDs face even greater challenges when living in a humanitarian setting. Humanitarian emergencies threaten the health, safety or well-being of a community or large group of people.They include natural disasters, public health emergencies and armed conflict, and may combine multiple...

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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 of the WHO FCTC, the journey is far from over. Over 8.7 million lives continue to be lost each year due to tobacco use, with 1.3 million of those deaths due to environmental tobacco smoke, leading to enormous economic losses. This investment ca...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesHealth promotion+3

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Regional expert meeting on policy action for healthy diets, with a focus on the Gulf Cooperation Council countries 1

Publication

03 Jan 2024

WHO has been supporting EMR Member States in their efforts to achieve nutrition-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the global and regional nutrition targets. Some progress has been made, and more technical support is needed to accelerate implementation of the relevant policy actions to improve the “food systems for health” package and the nutritional quality of foods in the regio...

PublicationNutrition and food safetyPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

Political Economy Analysis of Primary Health Care–oriented Reforms Country Case Study Series.

Case study

01 Jan 2024

This Series is produced as first part of the WHO’s Primary Health Care (PHC) Implementation Solutions Initiative. The Series sets out to unpack the implementation pathways undertaken in country-specific reforms to understand how and why reforms followed the trajectories they did, specifically focusing on how political challenges were overcome. A short video is a good starting point.

Case studyPrimary health care

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World Health Organization

Social participation for universal health coverage: technical paper

Publication

22 Dec 2023

The technical paper distils key messages from the World Health Organization publication “Voice, agency, empowerment – handbook on social participation for universal health coverage”,&nbsp;along with feedback from a multistakeholder consultation process to identify priority actions for Member States to institutionalize social participation in decision-making processes for health. Social pa...

PublicationMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultistakeholder CollaborationPrimary health care

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BMC Public Health

Political Economy of Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) prevention and control in Lebanon: identifying challenges and opportunities for policy change and care provision reforms

Publication

18 Dec 2023

Introduction Lebanon is a middle-income country facing substantial fragility features. Its health profile shows a high burden of NCD morbidity and mortality. This paper intends to analyse the political economy of NCD prevention and control in Lebanon. Methods This study adopted a literature-based case study research design using a problem-driven political economy analysis framework. A tot...

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United for Global Mental Health

Development Assistance For Mental Health 2023

Publication

07 Dec 2023

United for Global Mental Health presents&nbsp;a new brief titled “Development Assistance for Mental Health 2023,” which unveils the evolving landscape of global support for mental well-being. Today, despite a growth in aid in general, only a handful of bilateral and multilateral donors significantly fund mental health. This paper looks at bilateral donors to explore recent key trends in develo...

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

HIV and AIDS

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Dec 2023

Key facts HIV remains a major global public health issue, having claimed 40.4 million [32.9–51.3 million] lives so far with ongoing transmission in all countries globally; with some countries reporting increasing trends in new infections when previously on the decline. There were an estimated 39.0 million [33.1–45.7 million] people living with HIV at the end of 2022, two thirds of whom...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCommunicable diseases

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World Health Organization

Depressive disorder (depression)

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Dec 2023

Key facts Depression is a common mental disorder. Globally, an estimated 5% of adults suffer from depression. More women are affected by depression than men. Depression can lead to suicide. There is effective treatment for mild, moderate and severe depression. Overview Depressive disorder (also known as&nbsp;depression) is a common mental disorder. It involves a depressed m...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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